Camp/Anti-Camp: Tropicamp & Jack Smith, Tropicana, Kuchar & Warhol

In April, we continue a season to prepare ourselves for the "Camp / Anti-Camp: A Queer Guide to Everyday Life" festival (19.–21. April, HAU) curated by Susanne Sachsse and Marc Siegel. The academic Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz has designated Tropicamp as one of the festival's main focuses. The term, which was coined by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica to express his fascination for the anti-commercial trends in the US' underground movie scene (especially in the works of Mario Montez and Jack Smith), will shed an international light on the camp debate. In the "What is Tropicamp" program, Hinderer Cruz and Marc Siegel will juxtapose film clips from the Brazilian Tropicalía movement (e.g. Oiticica, Ivan Cardoso) with excerpts from American underground movies. (3.4.)