Karmaklubb*
Karmaklubb* x National Museum, Norway: Pre-premiere of Cassie Brødskive and Frida Marida, ‘Queering the Museum — Preus’ (2022), talk, party and more, at Kunstneres Hus!!! / QUEERING THE MUSEUM PT. 4
Thought & pleasure
Kunstnernes Hus / Kunstnernes Hus Kino
Description

— A pre-premiere and conversation, drag and joy.

This video is starring the drag activist Frida Marida (Hani Assaf, LEB) and artist and drag academic Cassie Brødskive (Jens Martin Hartvedt Arvesen, NOR) presenting a raw response — touching, teasing, and perceiving the architecture of the Preus Museum, Norway’s National Museum for Photography, February 2022. The work can be read not only as a reaction to the building itself — the hierarchies and social structures of the institution and the place as a historical site — but also relating to the idea of ‘performing in front of the camera’ in a direct and intuitive manner, using the photographic print as a tool in such investigations. Tonight: Meet the people involved. DJ Brødskive.

More info about the greatness at the ↗︎ National Museum and ↗︎ Kunstnernes Hus. FB event ↗︎ here. ↗︎ More about the video here. WATCH IT BELOW.

Family business: Cassie Brødskive, Tine Semb (Karmaklubb*), Alex Benjamin, and Frida Marida. Photo by Mary Ann Skretteberg Andersen.

Endnotes

This film is a chapter of the Karmaklubb* ‘Queering the Museum’ investigations and a result of the collaboration with Preus Museum and Hilde Herming, curator. It will be shown at ‘Over regnbuen’ / ‘Over the Rainbow’, opening 28 May 2022. The screening is part of the National Museum’s programming during Queer Culture Year / Skeivt kulturår 2022 and the series ‘↗︎ Motstrøms’, a screenings series of films showcasing bold, innovative and entertaining films that move between traditional cinema and art. Throughout 2022, the programme will feature pioneers of queer cinema and showcase films and videos by or about artists.

Collaborators
↗︎ Nasjonalmuseet / National Museum (NOR) ↗︎ Preus Museum, national museum for photography (NOR)
Funding
Nasjonalmuseet / National Museum
Karmaklubb* #27: ‘Post Pride Party’ — three floors of good karma*!
Clubbing and such
Kulturhuset
KARMAKLUBB* [6]: Post-Parade moonparty!!! Hotness by DJ Kjuke (‘Pride × 3!!!’)
Clubbing and such
KCAC