SWEDISH RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT CULTURAL WORKERS CULTURE ORGANISATIONS KULTURRÅDET – all culture – Swedish Arts Council – Corona specific info – https://www.kulturradet.se/nyheter/2020/an-sa-lange-gar-det-inte-att-soka-medel-fran-stodpaketet/ MUSIKVERKET – music/theatre/dance – A meeting-point for competence, expertise and unexpected encounters in music, theatre and dance. https://musikverket.se/ OFF – film – Independent film makers assosiation – corona specific article – http://off.se/osakerhet-i-corona-tider/ MANEGEN – circus – organisation for circus performers – https://manegen.org/manegen-inrattar-ny-stodfond-i-samband-med-coronakrisen/ KLYS – actors – organisation for professional culture creators (stage arts and actors) – http://www.klys.se/vilka-vi-ar/ KONSTNÄRSNÄMNDEN […]
Drag as Art at Marabouparken – the chocolate factory and a beautiful art space and sculpture park in Stockholm. For one night transformed into a performance space with the extraordinary flamboyant dandy Prince Poppycock with the legendary Kristian Hoffman; the wild surrealist New Civilisation from Wallenberg plus a photo exhibition of images from the Exquisite Identities: Queens and Clowns series by John-Paul Bichard. Queens and Klowns is a series of performer portraits taken just before/after they performed at the Queens […]
The series was photographed in amazing locations around Europe including the ‘Versailles of Berlin’ Sanssouci Park, a 16th century chapel and castle near to Uppsala, Sweden, the beautifully preserved manor house Anstey House in Cambridge, UK and the Old School House in the centre of Helsinki. These locations are chosen to work with the aesthetic and character of the performer The series includes the following extravagant, obsessive people who perform, create and explore through their personae: Loulou D’Vil the 2013-14 […]
From shooting with Hedo Luxe on a 5m high Meredes Benz on the top of a factory building in Hamburg during a snowstorm to guerilla shoots in the amazing Sanssouci Park, palaces and gardens in Potsdam, near Berlin, the series has bought together amazing personalities in breath-taking surroundings. There have been some awkward moments: when a guard approached Hedo, Erochica and myself outside the golden Tea House in Sanssouci, we thought we were going to be kicked out… she wanted […]