Join the DC Street Photography Collective and Chris Suspect in presenting King Koala from Italy at Slash Run in Washington, DC, on May 18 at 7:30pm. King Koala is a DIY publisher of art books out of Milan, Italy, specializing in erotic, edgy, punk rock and forbidden photographs, stories, and art projects.
Call for Entries
In celebration of King Koala’s first American tour, we are announcing a call for entries, “Send us your n00ds!” We are looking for candid or posed, suggestive, erotic, and punk rock photography that is sex positive, LGBTQ+ inclusive, with artistic sensibilities. Yes, that picture you took at Pride is fine, yes, that sexy drag performer photo is welcome here, yes, your kinky bedroom antics imagery will be accepted with open arms, that band you shot last weekend is cool too, and those secret polaroids in a shoebox under your bed, well, we want to see them!
Please send no more than 5 photos 2000px on the long edge at 72dpi to gratuityincluded1@gmail.com by Midnight EST on May 11. Please label your files in this manner. First Name_Last Name-Number.jpg.
Want to remain anonymous? Yes, you can! While you do need to submit via email to gratuityincluded1@gmail.com, please request that we not use your name (in case it’s obvious in the email address) and you can title your image file John (or Jane) Doe-Number.jpg. The only catch is that if you win the competition and you really want that camera we are giving away (see below), I ask that you discreetly let me know shortly after the photo slam section of our event.
About the Event
On May 18th selected photos will be shown to a jury of your peers in front of a live audience. Jury members include Jacopo Buranelli from King Koala, DC-based photographer Diriki Rice, Nymph the Enchantress, and one more TBD. Each judge will briefly comment on the image and give it a rating from 1-5. The Winner, who must be present in person, will receive a brand new Lomography Belair X 6-12 film camera.
Following the photo slam, Jaco from King Koala will give a presentation on what it’s like to be a publisher, the artists he works with, and what he is looking for in photography and art.
Then Nymph the Enchantress will grace us with a photo op not to be missed with a real live BDSM demonstration.
And, to top off the evening, Jaco, an established DJ in Milan will be gracing us with a set of down and dirty hip hop.
Tickets are $15. 18+ Arrive early as there is limited seating.
Schedule
7:30 Doors
8:00 Photo Slam
9:00 Jaco from King Koala
10:00 Nymph the Enchantress
10:30 DJ set by Jaco from King Koala
Dress to impress!
Location
Slash Run
201 Upshur Street Northwest
Washington, DC, 20011
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About King Koala and Jacopo Buranelli aka Rudeboy Jaco founder of King Koala
Jaco is a publisher, DJ and social promoter. In 2020 he created King Koala Press to work with independent artists on editorial projects related to erotic, inclusive, uncensored and no-prejudice photography. Always in the underground world, he lived between Italy and Japan for almost 17 years until, together with Andrea Costarelli, he created the Lito studio for the promotion of art, the headquarters of every King Koala initiative.
King Koala is an independent collective focused on publications of underground culture with the aim of recovering the physical use of art. The book, the publication becomes a physical (not virtual) experience both in its print nature and in the photographic contents ranging from the fetish magazines Badseed Magazine and YSM up to projects related to graffiti (Greatest Hits, IMAGES YOU SHOULD NOT MASTURBATE TO) and to the musical galaxies (Anthem).
This event was possible thanks to the donation made in memoriam of Steve Nickerson