Sunday 25 March 2007, Southbank Centre, The Hayward, 2pm
Using the 21st BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and The Pansy Project as a catalyst, the panellists, including Jonathan Keane, Oliver Meyrou, director of Beyond Hatred and Paul Harfleet, explore issues surrounding gay cruising and the sexuality of the city, the modern flaneur or dandy in the context of psychogeography and the persistent threat of homophobic violence and what this reveals about the condition of contemporary masculinity.
The Pansy Project was launched two years ago by Paul Harfleet; the artist plants pansies at locations where he has experienced verbal homophobic abuse, he then entitles the location after the abuse received then posts the photographs of the locations on his website. Originally autobiographical the artwork has developed into a symbolic action of resistance that memorialises this discrimination from passing homophobic comment to brutal gay bashing.
Admission Free (booking essential).
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