Vanitas Cafe: A Vanitas Portrait Workshop & Discussion

Exploring Queer & Trans Perspectives on Death, Rot & Decay

Workshop Session Illustration

"Mesmerized by the accident on the highway. Smell this, I think it’s off."

Our kinaesthetic & sensual relationship to death, rot, mould & decomposition is well documented. Please join MKK for an afternoon Vanitas still life drawing studio session and death café where we will explore these themes through a queer and trans lens.

This workshop encourages participants to engage with the symbolic nature of the Vanitas tradition—a genre of still-life painting that contemplates the transience of life—while fostering a supportive environment for discussion regarding our own mortality and the beauty found in decay.