DALSTON SCREENTESTS REVEALED

DALSTON SCREENTESTS
is a two-part exhibition at Dalston Superstore & Stunt Dolly
Curated By: Ryan Lanji & Saskia Wickins

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Thanasis Petroyiannis is best known as his iconic character A Man To Pet. In Thanasis’s own words, A Man To Pet is “is a Man that likes to pretend that is a sexy woman in a very funny way.” Alluring sexiness and humor, along with twisted glamor and a fiery attitude, are the mainstays of his act. And while Thanasis is quiet and shy in person, A Man To Pet is a total force of nature when he’s on stage. His performances are known for their outlandish and spastic movements, outrageous outfits, and crude prosthetics. A Man To Pet has performed in some of dalston’s most iconic venues and was the main act in Dalston’s unique supper club the pale blue door, releasing a 2014 calendar and being shot by nick knight for the 30th anniversary of ID Magazine are just some of the things that make him so unforgettable

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Bica is a door whore extraordinare, a pissy club promoter and writer of horrendous articles for KCTV. She was born foreign with a spoonful of bin-juice fed to her intravenously. This might have affected her coping mechanisms, her general way of living and her rather bizarre train crash kind of thoughts. She is mainly interested in queues in gay clubs and any form of gay sex, mainly lesbian kind.Apart from gay sex, her main interest lie in gay clubs, naked table dancing, vegetable ploughing, nuns and guns, meat eating, crushed cocoa plant sherbet , all kinds of arty farty bullshit and being a massive dickhead. On purpose. She more then excels at the last one and we all hope this general assholery will come across rather fabulous in her everyday life

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FRED BUTLER is a London based designer. Alongside creating her own critically acclaimed collections, she also works with a range of clients to add an element of otherworldly spectacle to projects through her signature playful aesthetic. Throughout her career Fred has amassed an enviable industry following, her style blog has become one of the most influential as she charts London’s creative scene, and her cultural perspective of the city. Fred’s ever expanding portfolio of clients includes TEED, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Beth Ditto and corporate clients including Swatch, MTV, Nike, Adidas, Samsung, Haviana, Mini and Vauxhall

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The Lovely Jonjo has been DJing for nearly a decade, after starting out with legendary indie club Trash. Currently Jonjo is a resident DJ at PWP in Milan, with the internationally renowned Durrr, and was part of the team at LeBaron's first London venue. His own East London monthly, Hot Boy Dancing Spot; has hosted parties for Elmgreen and Dragset, and the Garage Centre of Contemporary Culture at the Venice Biennial.
Jonjo has created catwalk music for London’s top fashion talent and is currently working with Holly Fulton, Fashion East, Chinese menswear designer Xander Zhou and the Topshop Catwalk. He also programmed the music for the Topshop Cafe — the pre show music for all the designers in Topshop's busy London Fashion Week show space as well as London’s coveted Ace Hotel. Jonjo is often seen playing at art, fashion and media events in London, New York and Paris for the likes of Acne, Alexander McQueen, Artists Space, Candy, Dazed & Confused, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Ferragarmo, Goethe Institute, Jonathan Saunders, Mulberry, Selfridges, Tate Modern, Todds and Vice. Jonjo has also been profiled by the press including i-D, Attitude, District MTV, Vogue Italia, GQ China, and New York’s East Village Boys and appeared on the cover of Butt

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KATHRYN is an Australian who's travelled far and wide living many lives from baker, brewer, gay florist to my current dream job of advertising creative. I've spent the last 10 years calling London my home and look forward to growing old disgracefully here

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KONSTANTINOS MENELAOU is a London-Based filmmaker, curator and art director. His films have been screened at international film festivals and art institutions including LLGFF, Queer Lisboa and Centre Pompidou while his curatorial work involves programming for Fringe Film and Arts Fest and the newly established The Queer Archive – an art project that helps artists to develop and exhibit their creative ideas. He often writes for A shaded view on fashion blog and is one of the main forces behind the creative agency Sinister&Co

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Australian-born, Lee was drawn to the UK and inevitably East London for his love of hedonism, boys, fashion and music, possibly in that order after relocating from Sydney via Melbourne circa 2008, where he soon became known as a man about town. East end stalwart and founder of cult club night DIRTY DIANA; a bi monthly event for homo’s and their homies in honour of the people’s Princess; Princess Diana who once visited the The Royal Vauxhall Tavern disguised as a man in the company of Freddie Mercury

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STAV B is a london based performance artist and photographer, curator, promoter, broadcaster, event organiser and pop up bar founder and director. Her work deals with love and identity and is manifested by various fine art sensibilities and theoretical considerations, using visual art, DJing, cocktail making, written and spoken word. Fashion elements and an individual style is paramount in the final presentation of the personae; enigmatic and uncanny

Original Screen prints by Cassandra Yap

The exhibition will run from February 12th till May 11th and is free for the public
 

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