Venus Saturn Square
Saturday, September 21, 2019 | 8:30pm-11:30pm |$3-$20
(no one turned away for lack of funds)
ABOUT THE EVENT
Come into the dark and listen at the official release soirée for VENUS SATURN SQUARE. This trans-centered erotic zine unfurls from its printed confines for an evening to thrill and confound desires.
Is it possible to write yourself out of a blocked situation and into your own fantasies? VENUS SATURN SQUARE straddles a nebulous rift between fandom kink, queer cruising, and BDSM scenes. VSS hopes to become a vehicle centering people who find themselves stuck, conflicted, in denial, or self-sabotaging of their own desires.
Come ready to lurk-xuriate in low lighting and heavy listening. Listening masks and phone check will be on offer for a low-distraction experience, along with glow bracelets for anyone who’d rather not talk.
Copies of VENUS SATURN SQUARE’s debut issue will be for sale. It features six smut stories by fledgling and experienced storytellers, and includes a desire practice worksheet to work through your own hang-ups. 52 pages.
This is a *DO NOT GENDER STRANGERS* and *ASK FOR PRONOUNS* event
Featuring reading-performances by:
Lou Cornum
…a mysterious figure from Arizona who these days hovers mostly over New York City.
Fatherfucker
….a Black writer + sex educator born and raised in Philadelphia. After seroconverting to HIV+ in 2012, they found personal empowerment through kink/BDSM + long term AIDS survivor communities learning low-risk formats for engaging the body against a sex negative medical industry. Their writing has appeared in the inaugural issue of the HIV Howler, Racebaitr, Argot Magazine, and Rolling Stone. The internet as a site of queer utopia, envisioning the body beyond the male gaze, and digital archiving inspires a great deal of their online presence. A long term word deviant, they are honored to (re)envision the ways Black/brown queer + trans folks can connect carrying on in the longtime tradition of written black erotics from Jean Toomer to Samuel Delany to Zane.
Evie Snax
…a biracial Chinese-American making work set in a fantasy-future dream for infinite gender+sexual-self determination and casting spells of homoerotic cultural nourishment and liberation. She is a digital portrait artist, curator, hustler, camera slut, and queer indie porn enthusiast. Currently she is co-producing Hot Bits, a touring queer sex-posi film and arts festival. More: @snaxho_
and editor M. Téllez
…a worn out crossroads and patron saint for Venus Saturn square faithful. They are a founding member of METROPOLARITY sci-fi collective and a heavily cyborg storyteller & sloganeer born and raised by the city of Philadelphia/occupied & unceded Leni Lenape land. Revel in their online lair at cyborgmemoirs.com
On offer:
Drinks (for cash)
Signaling bracelets for ‘want to talk’ and ‘do not want to talk’
Listening Masks (by request, limited supply)
Leave Your Phone Alone Box (for those who’d like to disconnect temporarily)
ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
Please note that Vox Populi is located on the third floor of a historic warehouse building at 319 N. 11th Street and that there are five steps leading from the street-level to the first-floor landing where the passenger elevator picks-up/drops-off. The entry into/out of the elevator is 29-inches wide, so may not accommodate all wheelchairs or motorized chairs. Any individual requiring a ramp to navigate this entryway is encouraged to get in touch with Vox Populi ahead of time to coordinate ramp-access and discuss accessibility details. Our ramps may not be suitable for all wheelchairs or motorized chairs, so we strongly encourage anyone requiring a ramp to be in touch at: events@voxpopuligallery.org or 215.238.1236.
