Organisers of London’s Gaywise FESTival, also known as GFEST, have announced that this year’s event, entitled (Complacent Present) …Fragile Future? will run from November 9-20.
GFEST is London’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) cross-arts annual event.
The 2015 festival will consist of a visual arts exhibition, film screenings, performances, plus talks and debates focusing on the works of young and established artists and practitioners. The festival is organised by arts charity Wise Thoughts.
This year’s visual arts exhibition, Asian Future, will explore Asian identity.
The film programme will run under the heading Cinema Futura, while the performance events will be themed Tonal Future.
GFEST’s 2015 programme advisors include Anna McNay, Gulliver Ralston, Michael Petry, Simon Tarrant, Subodh Rathod and Lois Keidan and the artistic director is Niranjan Kamatkar.
Catherine West, MP for Hornsey & Wood Green where Wise Thoughts is based, said: “I am delighted to offer my support to this year’s GFEST, celebrating some of the brightest and best talent in the LGBTQI community here and abroad. I am looking forward to coming along to one of the events in my constituency and send my best wishes to everyone taking part this year and to Wise Thoughts for organising such a fantastic diverse programme.”
GFEST is now in its eighth year, despite major cuts to art funding in the capital and nationally.
Speaking of the importance of endorsement from key decision makers, GFEST artistic director Niranjan Kamatkar said: “We are very pleased to receive the support of our local MP and we continue to profile LGBT art works due to the support of eminent people, artists and audiences. Irrespective of significant funding challenges, we are confident that we can deliver the full festival programme this year.”
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