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Video: Terence Koh at Peres Projects

by Terence Koh and assume vivid astro focus on 27 July 2005

Terence Koh’s ‘Koh and the 50 most beautiful boy’ exhibition and performance is captured as part of the cheapcream series. In contrast and compliment to the freestyle colourful vogueing scene of clubhouse NYC watch a diptych view of artist Terence Koh's exhibition, performance and publication that launched at LA gallery Peres Projects in 2004. In a completely monochrome environment -white floor, white drum kit and white costume- Koh performs with two teenage drummers either side of him. A parallel view of one of the works, a chandelier, also in the whitest of environments–glints and reflects the light as if in motion.

Terence Koh’s ‘Koh and the 50 most beautiful boy’ exhibition and performance is captured as part of the cheapcream series. In contrast and compliment to the freestyle colourful vogueing scene of clubhouse NYC watch a diptych view of artist Terence Koh's exhibition, performance and publication that launched at LA gallery Peres Projects in 2004. In a completely monochrome environment -white floor, white drum kit and white costume- Koh performs with two teenage drummers either side of him. A parallel view of one of the works, a chandelier, also in the whitest of environments–glints and reflects the light as if in motion.

cheapcream is a guest-edited series of video clips captured and collated by the artist assume vivid astro focus (avaf). It is made up of short pieces of footage shot at a variety of performances in many venues worldwide over the last year or so. Each captured by avaf, the footage covers drag acts, artists' performances in galleries, bands playing events and documentation of some of his own work. The clips are an ongoing record of others' performances, and the series offers insight into the world of an avid observer and collector of such. cheapcream also represents access into the ideas that inform or might become assumed by such a practice as avaf’s, and an invitation to be engaged in this ongoing work in progress.

avaf is an artist moniker that is used in the spirit of an inclusive, often collaborative, artistic practice. avaf operates as part of the legacy of artists such as Canadian collective General Idea who have consistently worked across a variety of media to communicate political ideas about queer identity and politics. cheapcream comprises a selection of avaf's ever-growing personal film archive, presented as a resource that is there to be shared. As part of his larger practice and part of a research process–a distinction avaf doesn't make–it is an enthusiastic sharing of what he considers public material.

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