Warning: Constant WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY already defined in /customers/e/8/f/foreningenja.org/httpd.www/wp-content/themes/YES_theme/functions.php on line 2 {"id":2665,"date":"2017-09-20T15:59:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foreningenja.org\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2017-09-20T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:00:58","slug":"short-review-on-the-show-the-work-of-love-the-queer-of-labor-at-franklin-street-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.foreningenja.org\/en\/nyhet\/short-review-on-the-show-the-work-of-love-the-queer-of-labor-at-franklin-street-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Short review on the show \u201cThe Work of Love, The Queer of Labor\u201d at Franklin Street Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tobias Carroll writes about our ongoing work New Spelling of a Street \u2013 A Tribute to Audre Lorde<\/em> in the short reviw Labor, Intimacy, and Revolution: An Unlikely Artistic Convergence<\/a><\/em> in Vol. 1 Brooklyn. <\/p>\n

“Since the 2016 Presidential election, some within the American left have suggested the existence of an inherent tension between advocating for the working class and being an inclusive movement for those of all sexualities. The art in the recent show \u201cThe Work of Love, The Queer of Labor\u201d at Franklin Street Works<\/a> stands as a welcome counterargument to that. The art featured within examines areas in which queer sexuality and issues surrounding the working class overlap. The scope of these works is international, covering a century of history; the result is an illuminating look at the place where these two movements converge.<\/p>\n

In some cases, these connections are inherent in the subject covered. YES! Associate \/ F\u00f6reningen JA!\u2019s New Spelling of a Street \u2013 A Tribute to Audre Lorde<\/em> chronicles the Swedish art group\u2019s attempts to have a street in Stamford renamed in honor of the writer\/activist in question. Lorde worked for a time in Stamford in the 1950s, a period of her life that, this work argues, was both personally and professionally significant for the life and work that followed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"