UNAUTHORIZED AMPLIFICATION DEVICES: Queer BDS works by John Greyson 2004-2025
Presented in support of Greyson’s Phd Dissertation (yup, finally!)
“Unauthorized Amplification Devices: Queer Bodies, Queer Screens and the Cultural Boycott of Israel,”
Co-presented by the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies,
the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, Vital Transgressions and Sensorium
2 – 6pm: OPENING
Gales Gallery & Transmedia Lab, York U, 103 & 105 Accolade West
38 queer BDS agit-props, music videos, squibs and hybrid docs from 2004-2025, including BDS Bieber, Tense, Motet for
Amplified Voices, Green Laser, Gazonto, the feature Photo Booth and the world premiere of Gauze, a 4-channel installation
supporting the Dump Elbit campaign (starring Tom Waugh, Dave Wall and Queer of Sheba). Exhibition continues Nov 10-12,
3pm-6pm.
Gauze Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1133560595/b1b1bfb39d?share=copy
3 – 4pm: MEGAPHONE CHOIR PERFORMANCE
Vari Hall, York U (across the Commons from the subway)
With guest singers Roula Said, Jennifer Moore & conductor David Wall
Everyone is invited to pick up a megaphone and join this Megaphone Choir concert in York’s Vari Hall, singing for Gaza
and against genocide, Elbit and silencing. All voices welcome, no rehearsal needed. Lyrics from Tarek Loubani’s Stethoscope
Stories, regarding his time in Khan Younis hospital in Gaza this summer.
Motet for Amplified Voices (Megaphone Choir 2004): https://youtu.be/VX4m-Edbj2s