Pornographer, photographer, and queercore pioneer Bruce LaBruce opens a new solo exhibition of his work this weekend in Los Angeles. The exhibition, titled "Untitled Hardcore Zombie Project" will feature a never before seen opening night performance that will seemingly combine elements from LaBruce's recent work, which weaves together hardcore gay porn and zombie/horror filmmaking.
Bruce LaBruce, along with G.B. Jones, first became known when they wrote the queer punk zine "J.D.s" in 1985. J.D.s featured photos, drawings, and stories written by LaBruce and Jones and included their "Top Ten Homocore Hits", which was a collection of queer-themed punk songs they were into. An article from one of the issues of J.D.s called "Don't Be Gay", that challenged both gay and punk subcultures, was published in Maximum Rock N Roll in 1989 and kind of marked the beginning of the emerging queercore scene.
LaBruce has put a queer-punk-porno twist on topics like "terrorist chic" in Raspberry Reich, old Hollywood and gay prostitutes in Hustler White, or in his latest Otto; or Up with Dead People, gay zombies. Otto also features a soundtrack with queer faves Antony and the Johnsons and Coco Rosie, amongst others.
If you haven't ever seen a Bruce LaBruce movie, you really should! His work is totally punk and queer and funny and dirty and genius! Here are some clips of his films to get you started and Bruce himself talking about his early days in filmmaking.Also--If you want to read the whole press release and Bruce LaBruce's history with zombies and porn, you can do that HERE.
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