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Eastman Project at Centre Pompidou


Gay Guerilla (2023) explores the legacy of the Afro-American queer composer Julius Eastman (1940–1990) through dance, music and architecture. By channelling the unique voice of Eastman, who died in 1990, Gerard & Kelly continue his practice, incorporating abstraction and politics in an installation brought to life by a series of performances developed specifically for the Centre Pompidou’s gallery 3.

 

With Samuel Akins✢, Soa de Muse, Guillaume Diop✢, Conor Hanick✳, Coleman Itzkoff✳, Awa Joannais✢, Germain Louvet✢, Adam Tendler, Davóne Tines✳, Richard Valitutto, Seth Parker Woods

✢ from the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris

✳ Founder member of AMOC*

 

Continuous installation

Performances – Thursday, 29 and Friday, 30 June; Saturday, 1st July 2023 – on reservation

Live broadcast of the performance, Saturday 1st July 2023 at 7pm

Earlier Event: June 23
Opus illuminate at Sea Coffeehouse
Later Event: July 6
Ruckus at Adams Theater