The year of craziness has literally ended, although just taken disguise in another number (2021). Karmaklubb* and prefer not focusing on borders or limits, although for sure there has been challenges of various sorts. What a year. Not as many club nights or gatherings including humans as planned — cancelled, postponed, in limbo — yet it has been a year of excellence, too, and there are so many to bow for — ongoing and in the loop. Please, (and NO such thing as ‘order of appearance’): Accept our greatest gratitude and love. Here a few glimpses for your pleasure, 120 seconds plus bonus. Look at this lovely collection of names, and there are many, many more TBA and hopefully about to reach the light — you know who you are; with the deepest love and gratitude: *THANK YOU.* — Happy New Year, beauties! To be continued! See you on the other side! Hopefully will we all be a bit kinder, cleverer, but just as sweaty and filled with desire; dancing beings with happy faces. Thought & pleasure. ENJOI!!! (sic!)
A CAVALCADE: Celebrating good karma* throughout 2020 (and continuing doing so!!!)
Photo album
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Description
Endnotes
Drawing by Karmaklubb*. Photos mainly by Julie Hrnčířová, Jan Khür; Karmaklubb*, , and Ilham Hassan. Additional photos and stills by 71BODIES, Inish Hedén, ↗︎ 70°N arkitektur, Pamflett, Arctic Art Book Fair, and Niels Munk Plum. Visuals for House of Maricas / MARICAS by Gina Guasch, photos by the above or SYNK; Ideophone Records (of JIJU) Anne Szefer Karlsen (of Tominga Hope O’Donnell); and ↗︎ Jan Tore Eriksen (Bendik Baksaas). Artworks by Kaeto Sweeney, Becks, Ragnhild Aamås, Sandra Vaka, and Jessica Warboys. Stills from ↗︎ Marcos Valle’s Estrelar (1983) and ↗︎ Rose Royce’s Car Wash (1976). Soundtrack by ↗︎ Bliss Inc., Radiant Reality (6:23; 2019), from ↗︎ the mixtape by SYNK for Karmaklubb*, December 2020.
Collaborators
↗︎ Ingensteds (NOR) ↗︎ Bortenfor (NOR) ↗︎ Skatten Oslo (NOR) ↗︎ Vin John (NOR) ↗︎ Khartoum Contemporary Art Center (KCAC) (NOR) ↗︎ Fotogalleriet (NOR) ↗︎ Carmen Winant (USA) ↗︎ Open Drag Stage (NOR) ↗︎ Linda Longlegz (NOR) ↗︎ Curatorial Practice, KMD, University of Bergen (NOR) ↗︎ ISMA (Ismail Mehidi) (ITA/NOR) ↗︎ Phoebe Apollo (Phoebe Cullingworth) (GBR) ↗︎ Norsk Billedhoggerforening / Association of Norwegian Sculptors (NOR)
Funding
The Fritt Ord Foundation / Stiftelsen Fritt Ord, Arts and Culture Norway (Kulturdirektoratet) (Formerly Arts Council Norway, Kulturrådet)
MARICAS takeover: JIJU, ‘Exploring long distance DJ set’
Soundscape
House of Maricas / Virtual space