Kin. | Photography Exhibition

Portrait of Silly Dick at Club Church, 2019

I’ve been making photographs of a particular drag house in Amsterdam - The House of Løstbois - for close to 3 years now. It’s been a privilege to be able to document the evolution of this community and to build strong bonds and relationships with its members, of which I am one - aka The Bill Please.

I was fortunate enough to secure arts funding from Amsterdam Fonds Voor de Kunst late last year to showcase a preview of the long-term work. The show will also include several drag king performances creating a dialogue for visitors to the show between performance and image.

Rock de Bizarre at Milkshake Festival, 2019

Kin.
This exhibition presents us with an inside look at Amsterdam’s first Drag King House - The House of Løstbois. Born out of a drag king academy set up by drag artist and drag mother ‘Taka Taka’ and artist ‘Father Julius’ in March 2019.  The House of Løstbois began as a creative exploration of gender, and became so much more; a community, a support system, a family.

'Kin' is a series of photographs made by photographer Stacey Yates - aka ‘The Bill Please’, and is the beginning of a broader project giving us a personal insight into this queer world. In sharing these photos Bill provides us with glimpses of intimate and personal moments with his drag siblings while simultaneously exploring his own gender identity.

Mother, ‘Toby Decided’ and ‘Lucian Squid’, back stage at Club Church 2020

Numbers are limited for this event. Please be sure to register your interest via the Eventbrite link here.

Date: Friday 15th April
Welcome Drinks + Exhibition: 19.00
Drag King Performance: 20:00
- Silly Dick
- LatinX Charm
- Lucian Squid
- Taka Taka

DJ Prudence: 20.30 till 11 pm

Exhibition funded by:
Amsterdam Fonds Voor de Kunst
Sponsored by: The Wheelhouse