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Theory of Revolution Makes Sense

Of all of the explanations of the Stonewall riots, the one espoused by Marc Stein in the article “A Theory of Revolution for the Riots” [May-June issue] comes closest to my personal experience as a gay guy living in Fresh York in the s. There was indeed a “prolonged period of rising expectations” in Brand-new York in the mid-’60s: When I came out in , there were still bars that prohibited talking to one’s neighbors; the mafia-operated dance bars were raided routinely; one had to be in the know from month to month about where the current dance bar was located.

One night in , word spread at Julius’, which was filled to the brim with gay men, that a new boogie bar had opened around the corner. We ran over to see for ourselves and signed up to be “members,” quite expecting the Stone-wall to be raided within a month. It didn’t happen.

I was not especially political during that time; I was not aware of the activity of the Mattachine Society or of improvement outside of New York City, but it seemed clear to me tha

The public and private Rock Hudson

A Hollywood producer once called him "Prince Charming" – a fitting nickname for a male whose life seemed, for most of it, fond of a storybook. Rock Hudson started steaming up the screen in the s, and continued for nearly four decades, in more than 60 films. But today he's perhaps overlooked, said documentary director Stephen Kijak. 

Smith asked, "Why perform you think his specify is not up there with the James Deans and the Marilyn Monroes?"

Kijak replied, "I don't recognize. I think it's partly because the legacy ends up just being, 'Oh, Rock Hudson was that actor who died of AIDS.'"

But now, in his new HBO documentary, "Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed," Kijak explores Hudson's whole life, as a global star, and closeted gay man. In the documentary, Hudson's friend Ken Jillson said, "Our social life with him was very private. We didn't go out to restaurants. We would go to Rock's house. It was called the Castle."

Yes, Prince Charming really did call his home "the Castle" – a Beverly Hills mansion that must have seemed a mill

How the installation looked from the street; temporary transformation of Bar SK into a sports bar.
Ruck Me was a game installation commissioned for Bar SKas part of the Artworld Videogames event series, in conjunction with the MEL x NYC festival in It debuted on August 9th and ran until August 15th. For a variety of reasons, it will never be made available for download, and it will probably never be exhibited outside of Bar SK in Melbourne, Australia.

so if you missed your chance, then, um, too bad.

This send focuses on the game's design and public reception / reaction, and it basically spoils the game. For more information on the game's themes and influences, see my earlier post "Ruck Me and its inspirations." You can also interpret this CNET write-up by AFL super fan Jackson Ryan for someone else's grab on that night.

The Ruck Me installation consists of two parts: (1) an interactive video-based Aussie rules football league (AFL) TV simulation made by me, (2) controlled via a custom-made vinyl blow-up sex doll controller constructed by Bar SK co-propri

I'll be premiering a new game "Ruck Me" on Thursday, August 9th at 6 PM at Bar SK. As per usual, I'll eventually publish a more thorough artist statement that spoils the game's systems and imagery, but for now I'd enjoy to talk about its general themes and inspirations.

Ruck Me is a game installation specially made for Bar SK in Melbourne, Australia for the Artworld Videogames event series. Because it's planned specially for this installation, Ruck Me will never be made available for download(because it simply wouldn't work without the right setup) so if you hope to play it then I guess you better go call on Bar SK!

For this commission, I wanted to do something site-specific that accounts for the local Smith Street / Collingwood neighborhood around Bar SK, while also stepping out of my comfort zone and trying something new.

To that end, I've made a homoerotic Aussie rules footballleague (AFL) game which makes heavy operate of video footage starring the local Collingwood club, to be played using a custom-made blow-up doll alt-controller by Louis Roots (designer and Bar SK propr