Page Person takes us on a journey to discover the queer history of her studio building. Person’s studio was the former home of the Bon Mot Cafe, an underground gay bar from the 80’s that was the site of a tragic murder that brought the community together to find justice in the face of inaction by LAPD.

Person describes how she found herself enmeshed in the history of the building and how this has inspired her to engage with community. Historical research is overlaid with her own experience working in queer nightlife to show how deeply we as a community are connected to our past – and how we learn to pave a path for the future by listening to the elders that came before us.

This program may not be suitable for all ages.

Participant Bios: 

Page Person is a visual and performing artist based in Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited in galleries including Peres Projects, Noon Projects, Stuart Shave/Modern Art and Deitch Projects; and museums such as the Hammer Museum, The New Museum, DESTE Foundation, Kunsthalle Schirn, and Kunsthalle Vien. Person’s work has been reviewed in Artforum, Frieze, The New York Times, The Believer, Artillery, Flash Art, The Wall Street Journal and the Village Voice. She has taught at the University of California Los Angeles and the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Person has performed at the Hammer Museum, the Broad Museum, LAXART, Highways Performance Space, Glasslands, Los Angeles LGBT Center, Human Resources, Los Angeles Nomadic Division, and in queer nightlife spaces throughout Los Angeles.

This performance is organized by Page Person and is co-presented with the Los Angeles LGBT Center as part of Circa: Queer Histories Festival 2025, presented by One Institute.

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