Vanitas Cafe: A Vanitas Portrait Workshop & Discussion

Exploring Queer & Trans Perspectives on Death, Rot & Decay

"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 invite participants to navigate these themes through art and conversation.

This session provides a space to unpack the morbid fascinations of the everyday, exploring how the history of 'Vanitas' painting—with its symbolic representations of transience—intersects with contemporary queer and trans identity.