My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio
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My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio

Writings and Interviews, 1983–2024

  1. 369 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio

Writings and Interviews, 1983–2024

About this book

For four decades, artist, writer, curator, and teacher Nayland Blake has been at the center of discussions of queer aesthetics and contemporary art. Their work has examined racial hybridity, the ins and outs of the BDSM world, and the importance of self-representation. From interviews and critical essays to performance scripts and collage pieces, My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio gathers forty years of Blake's groundbreaking thought and writing on their personal explorations of kink and creativity as well as on the making, teaching, and curating of art and queer culture. Whether delving into furry fandom or analyzing art, Blake bridges the art and queer kink communities. They also argue that queer artists must champion the work of their peers and elders. As Blake demonstrates throughout, sexual self-expression is an extension of artistic self-expression: they are the same. The volume includes an introduction by artist and critic Jarrett Earnest.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. A Fan Writes . . . : An Introduction by Jarrett Earnest
  6. The Difficulties That Afflict Us in Art School
  7. Assessing My Work
  8. Tom of Finland: An Appreciation
  9. The ABCs of Art Institutions
  10. Performance Script
  11. The Saddest Story I Know
  12. Performance Script
  13. The Secret Square
  14. One Hand Clapping: Porn Reviews
  15. Bay Area Conceptualism: Two Generations
  16. Queer Mysteries
  17. Interview by John Gange and Stephen Johnstone
  18. City of Hares: A Proposal
  19. Curating “In a Different Light”
  20. The Story of H (Excerpt)
  21. Hare Follies
  22. Jack Smith: The Message from Atlantis
  23. Ray Johnson: Correspondences
  24. Top Ten
  25. James Gobel
  26. Matthew Benedict: Shroud of Truro
  27. Judie Bamber: Further Horizons
  28. Seven Quick Notes on Writing an Artist’s Statement
  29. Kathy Acker: “Because I Want to Live Forever in Wonder”
  30. Jim Hodges: “Theme from Mantrap”
  31. Interview by Jesse Pearson
  32. Nancy Grossman: Misrecognized
  33. Free! Love! Tool! Box! Workbook
  34. Anthony Friedkin: “And I’m Carmen Miranda”—What Liberation Looks Like
  35. Queer at CAA
  36. Samwise Gamgee Cries, with Padding
  37. Interview by Tina Horn
  38. 100 Assignments: Toward a Curriculum
  39. Shambling Monstrosity Seeks Mad Scientist
  40. Embarrass, Humiliate, Degrade, Objectify: Basics of Psychological Status Play
  41. In My Dream Body: For Jorge Zontal and General Idea
  42. Yummy, Slurp! The Pippa Garner Story
  43. My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio
  44. Contributors
  45. Index