The Kitchen at Queenslab
Since the Fall/Winter 2019 season, The Kitchen has presented several events and projects at Queenslab in Ridgewood, Queens, including a concert by Mario Diaz de Leon, performances by Lauren Bakst, and an exhibition of new work by Felix Bernstein and Gabe Rubin. Currently, artist Baseera Khan is using the Queenslab space…
Lauren Bakst: “after summer, or not in the kitchen (the bed, the bathroom, the dance floor and other spaces)”
Featuring a new video that relays two texts from the zine for after summer (2019) and an excerpt from the recording of the performance in December alongside a new text written by the artist.
Dancing in The Kitchen
This month, choreographer and performance artist Lauren Bakst performs after summer, or not in the kitchen (the bed, the bathroom, the dance floor and other spaces) as the culmination of her residency through The Kitchen at Queenslab. The phrase in the piece’s title—“not in the kitchen”—is a play…
In Conversation with Lauren Bakst
Lauren Bakst is a New York City-based artist and writer working through performance. Her work draws from the materials and relationships of her life to contend with the conditions of intimacy, desire, and affect. She has been in residence…