One to one performances with Roelof Petrus van Wyk

Drawing this year which saw LGBTQ+ liberation celebrations clash with political turbulence to a close, KELDER Projects is proud to present THREE MEN AT A PARTY; an immersive exhibition where drawing and performative mapping are used to investigate the effect of heteronormative nationalism on the queer body.

In THREE MEN AT A PARTY the South African artist Roelof Petrus van Wyk provides not a rainbow-soaked celebration, but a poignant reminder that fifty years of Stonewall’s so-called gay liberation can not guarantee the end of violence against the queer body.

To coincide with the frieze art fair, van Wyk will be running intimate one to one performance for members of the pubic and friends between Wednesday 2 and Saturday 5 October. Performances are 20 minutes long, free, and open to all. each will take place at KELDER Projects (26A Chapel Market, The Angel, London N1 9EN) between 11am and 2pm.

THREE MEN AT A PARTY builds on van Wyk’s ongoing phenomenological research into processes of psychological ‘picturing’ shaped by relations of power. Participants are invited to sit with van Wyk and together‘re-live’ the final reading of the 1969 ‘IMMORALITY AMENDMENT BILL;’ the act that aimed to address the ‘homosexual problem.’

Once the series of performances have been completed, visitors will be able to scrutinise the performed texts written into the walls of the underground space, throughout the exhibition period.

Alongside these performances, a range of public events will soon be announced... kep an eye on our Instagram for more information @kelderprojects