“Art is what you can get away with.”
-Andy Warhol
1981 Chicago
It’s Ronald Reagan’s first year as president, and trickledown economics should kick in any day now. Jane Byrne is Mayor, Hill Street Blues is on TV, and the Wrigley family just sold the Cubs. Everyone you know says they were at Disco Demolition Night. Everyone you know is a liar.
Movies made it possible to see into other lives, and television brought those lives into your homes. Now camcorders and VCRs are becoming affordable, so anyone with enough cash for a camcorder can shoot a video. It's now easier than ever to document your life and community. Avant garde and underground films with queer actors and characters circulated even outside big cities, and they could be safely viewed in homes.
Now we just hope nobody uses those cameras to film a vampire! That would be a Masquerade breach, and the Camarilla hates those.
Fangs Gallery (loosely based on Andy Warhol's Factory) is an art gallery and collective known for experimental pop art and provocative art films. Dozens of careers have been launched at Fangs Gallery, and some have even gained mainstream popularity. The gallery opening has brought together an eccentric mix of artists, musicians, drag queens, gallery employees, and society trendsetters.
Fangs Gallery
Fangs Gallery is an art gallery and collective founded by the eccentric artist Venus Barbata. Known for experimental pop art and provocative art films, Fangs Gallery has launched the careers of dozens of artists, designers, and musicians.
The public gallery is only a small portion of the building, which also contains apartments and a studio where many of the artists live, work, and party.
Unbeknownst to most, Fangs Gallery is also the domain of the vampire Narcís Zantosa.