Queer Van Kult: The House Wears Our Memory Like Skin

On National Coming Out Day, Staten Island-based queer arts collective Queer Van Kult (QVK) presents a one-day, site-specific performance and installation event at the Alice Austen House and its surrounding waterfront park. Taking place on October 11, 2025, QVK presents a poetic act of remembrance, reflection, and reclamation—honoring queer lineage, local memory, and personal transformation through sculpture, performance, sound, and immersive installations.

Developed in collaboration with the Alice Austen House Museum, QVK invites the public to wander a landscape charged with objects, gestures, and offerings—conduits of grief, joy, queer identity, and cultural archaeology.