John Maybury, Read Only Memory, video, 186min., 1998

Filmmaker John Maybury (perhaps best known for Love is the Devil or the "Nothing Compares 2 U" music video) creates a portrait of his friend Leigh Bowery (who died four years before this video was completed) in this trip elegy to club culture. As Gary Morri writes, the epic dance/trance video takes in "gender politics, anticonsumerism, cultural imperialism, AIDS, bizarre computer art, trance music and imagery."

Le Petit Versailles is a public community garden in the East Village and a hub of activity in the queer community of the city, presenting art exhibitions, music, film and video, performance, theater, workshops, and community projects. It is located across the street from the former site of The World nightclub in the mid-to-late 80s and early 90s, an early incubator of the house and club kid scenes.

Curator: Karl McCool