DEEP TRASH

17/05/2022

The documentary film on 'Staging Decadence' is now available to watch for free online! In this, you can see the artistic director Giulia Casalini talking about Deep Trash (part of CUNTemporary's activities) at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club.

It's 47minutes and it offers a very informative history of the aesthetics and politics of decadence, from ancient Rome to Baudelaire, all the way to Jack Smith, Penny Arcade, Ron Athey, Nando Messias, Lucy McCormick, Selina Thompson and Nia Witherspoon! There are many contributions, including Adam Alston (as the presenter), Owen Parry, Shushma Malik and Ben Walters.

Enjoy watching! [link below]
https://www.stagingdecadence.com/films
direct youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlWP38j8JzI&t=28s

24/03/2021

On 14 January 2021, after 6 years of uninterrupted existence, YouTube/Google removed without warning our CUNTemporary account because of "multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy on nudity or sexual content".

Besides the trailers of our Deep Trash live art club nights, our channel contained loads of educational content related to the symposia and events that we organised. All these events were funded or supported by Universities, and institutions such as the Arts Council England.

We then started moving all the videos that might have created this problem onto Vimeo, rating them as "mature".  However, yesterday, 23 March 2021, also Vimeo sent us their resolution of closing down our channel because it is "focused on sexual stimulation".

Nudity or sexual content is part of the work we do as educators, artists and curators within the field of gender, LGBT, queer and feminist studies and practices. Digital censorship is repressing our creative freedom, our bodies' autonomy, our will to empower our lives and to form transnational solidarity - in a moment when our lives depend so much on this type of connection.

We are trying to find a solution to the problem of keeping our video archive online, available for everyone to access. However it might take some time (and we do welcome help/suggestions!). In the meantime, if you look for something in particular,  please get in touch at [email protected].

02/07/2020

Check out CUNTemporary's JULY 2020 newsletter - featuring a Pride Takeover with Campbell X

https://cuntemporary.org/calendar-july-2020/

We will take a break in August and our online shop is open till 15 July! https://cuntemporary.org/shop/

This week and next, Campbell X, one of the most exciting LGBTQI filmmakers in the UK, is taking over Birds’ Eye View for PRIDE 2020

04/05/2020

Check out our May 2020 newsletter with and things to do // featuring Queer East //
https://cuntemporary.org/calendar-may-2020/

01/04/2020

APRIL 2020 newsletter is out! 👩‍💻🧡

This month's calendar features a selection of queer-feminist art-related events and activities available online and all for free.

Featuring Nparadoxa At Kt Press FREE online course on feminist art & politics.

Check it out here: https://tinyurl.com/wzqknep

16/03/2020

Deep Trash Turkish Delight has been postponed to the 25th of September. Hope to see you all there

In line with the recent government announcement, we are postponing all the events of the Turkish Delight festival due to start tomorrow.

04/03/2020

MARCH 2020 Calendar is now out! (belatedness caused by our email provider) Featuring festival by Queer Art Projects - Download it here https://cuntemporary.org/calendar-march-2020/

24/02/2020

EARLY BIRD TICKETS FOR DEEP TRASH: TURKISH DELIGHT WILL BE OUT IN A FEW HOURS STAY TUNED !!!

photo by: Rafal Gaweda

01/02/2020

FEBRUARY CALENDAR 2020 NOW OUT!
Check out our selection of queer/feminist events in London at the link below - Featuring Queering Now: Amplifying the Voices of Chinese Queer Diaspora

Curated by Whiskey Chow, Sha Li, Burong Zeng with Chinese Arts Now, Queering Now amplifies the marginalized voices of Chinese Queer, situated in a multiplicity of social contexts beyond specific nationality and political borders, and explores the notion of ‘Chinese’ and ‘Chinese Queer’.