I'm chuffed to be part of the conversation on club photography, queer culture and rave culture that aired on Rinse France last night. Many thanks to Alexis Tenaud from Androgyne and Garde-Robe Records for inviting me and to Kaos for being my muse.
Scenes of Utter Kaos
My photo essay on Kaos, club photography and queer night life found its happy home on Electrowerkz blog.
2024 update - As the venue is under new management their website content has been amended and the piece isn’t available there anymore.
Quarantune 02 | Last Entry 3am - Polanski, Chadd Curry and 'The Beauty and the Beast' photograph
My photograph of the London based artists Polanski and Chadd Curry had been included in the Quarantune 02 | Last Entry 3am book. Many thanks to Polanski for telling his story based around this archival photograph taken by me at BLANC back in 2014. Printed copies of Quarantune 02 | Last Entry 3am are available form here.
Pornceptual Magazine - Fuck 2020 - Queer Nightlife
My photograph taken at Klub Verboten back in January 2020 has been published in the latest Pornceptual Magazine alongside the article about queer nightlife by Cassidy George. Vielen Dank KV (also for taking and sharing the photos of the print!
Bishopsgate Institute LGBTQ+ Archives contribution
I’m excited to announce that my night life and queer movement documentary photography has been catalogued and archived by Bishopsgate Institute. The collection will be soon updated with some more of my archival club photography dating back to 2013. Bishopsgate Institute will reopen from May 17th, by appointment only.
https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/collections/zbigniew-kotkiewicz-archive
Queer Extension. Intro to Club Cultural Studies: Queer Contexts
My photograph taken at Kaos, Electrowerkz in 2019 has been published on the Queer Extension project website. It promotes Intro to Club Cultural Studies: Queer Contexts, a course exploring aspects of queer club culture, facilitated by Justin Hunt.
‘This module employs performance studies and sociological methodologies to examine the business of nightlife from an academic perspective.’
Extreme Beauty - Chadd Curry - archive
I'm chuffed I could contribute with my photos to telling the London part of Chadd's story.
Unmasked Magazine - The Dancefloor Has Spoken
Do_Gooders Vol 1
I'm excited and grateful to have some of my photographic work shot at KAOS London and Klub Verboten included in DO_GOODERS vol 1. Thank you Paraphilia Collective!
Hold on tight and treat yourself. The publication is available from Paraphilia Collective’s SHOP
Do_Gooders was created as a way to raise funds to support artists, creators and members of the UK BDSM and kink scene affected by the current situation.
This 80-page full-colour publication spans the spectrum of BDSM interests. Included within the 13 articles are photo essays, a one-act play about castration, a report on the UK Fet-Archive by their head archivist and a plethora of other tantalising smutty goodness.
Published by the Paraphilia Collective with contributions from:
@adelebrydges @athene_athene @conorflix @delta_elena @fuckthepost @hamishmacpherson @ladyacss @lukewanderson @oh.francoise @samm_rope
@stella.polaris @t0Zt0Z @ukfetisharchive @zbigniewkotkiewicz & Shady Sadie
