On View: August 22 - November 23, 2024
|USC Fisher Museum of Art
Sci-Fi, Magick, Queer L.A. : Sexual Science and the Imagination
Sci-Fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation considers the importance of science fiction fandom and occult interests to U.S. LGBTQ history. Curated by ONE Archives at the USC Libraries and presented at the USC Fisher Museum of Art. In partnership with Getty PST.
Exhibition Details
On View: August 22 - November 23, 2024
USC Fisher Museum of Art, 823 W Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Overview
Science fiction and occult communities helped pave the way for the LGBTQ movement by providing a place for individuals to meet and imagine spaces less restricted by societal norms. The exhibition focuses on Los Angeles from the late 1930s through 1960s and looks both forward and backward to follow the lives of writers, publishers, and early sci-fi enthusiasts, including progressive communities such as the LA Science Fantasy Society, the Ordo Templi Orientis at the Agape Lodge, and ONE Inc. Click Here for More Information
Image: Cameron, Holy Guardian Angel According to Aleister Crowley, 1966. Casein and gold lacquer on board. Photograph by Alan Shaffer. Courtesy of the Cameron Parsons Foundation, Santa Monica.