DUMBA was a collective living space and anarchist, queer, all-ages community center and venue in Brooklyn, New York. Collective can also refer to the collective pitch flight control in helicopters A collective is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project(s) to achieve a common objective. ... Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... The word queer has traditionally meant strange or unusual, but it is also currently often used in reference to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and asexual communities. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...

DUMBA (a feminized version of DUMBO—Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) became a radical cultural nexus point around which the Queercore^[1] and Riot grrrl movements flourished and an independent film scene developed. It was the site of many notable events, as well as being a residence for several people. DUMBA was a unique experiment providing a combination of live music and disc jockeys (usually several DJs a night), film screenings of Super 8 and 16mm films, video, artwork, performances, vegetarian food, and an unrestricted erotic atmosphere. A view of part of DUMBO with Manhattan in the distance Newly built apartment tower DuMBo (an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is the popular name of a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... Look up nexus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980s as an offshoot of punk. ... Riot grrrl (or riot grrl) is an indie-punk feminist movement that reached its height in the 1990s but continues to exert influence over alternative cultures. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Super 8 can refer to: Super 8 Motels, a national motel chain Super 8mm film, a form of film often used for home movies, most popular in the 60s and 70s This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... 16 mm film was initially created in the 1920s as an inexpensive amateur alternative to the conventional 35 mm film format. ... Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and is comprised of video and/or audio data. ... This article is about Performance art. ... For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ...

The space

The space was a 5000-square-foot loft, commercially zoned under the Manhattan Bridge overpass^[2] and housed six or seven residents between the years 1996 and 2006. It has been described as "a maze of rooms small and large,"^[3] with a large open space used as a stage and dance area, as well as two kitchens that provided vegetarian food. Notable aesthetics of DUMBA included the retro fridge in the front kitchen, the map camera room, and, in later years, a Kodak vending machine that dispensed Super 8 film, and the Adult Books sign "liberated" from a Manhattan sex shop on 14th Street.^{[citation needed]} A Manhattan loft is a one room residence in a formerly commercial building. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street) with Brooklyn (at Flatbush Avenue Extension). ... For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ... Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is a large multinational public company producing photographic equipment. ...

Name

DUMBA is derived from DUMBO, the neighborhood between Fulton Landing and Vinegar Hill. It is also said to have been an acronym for "Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Anarchists." Vinegar Hill is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City on the East River waterfront between DUMBO and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. ...

1996–1999

The group that founded the space in the summer of 1996 included filmmaker Scott Berry, Brian Kay, Kabier, Vincent Baker, and others.^[4] The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Vincent Baker is the designer of the roleplaying games Dogs in the Vineyard, kill puppies for satan, Otherkind, and others. ...

DUMBA first became known for putting on all-ages punk shows, which were promoted by word of mouth and simple photocopied flyers displaying a DIY aesthetic. Bands and performers who played DUMBA include The Need, Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, Nedra Johnson, The Spaceheads, Bitch and Animal, Octant, God Is My Co-Pilot, Tribe 8, Three Dollar Bill, Kaia, Patsy, The Lookers, and many more. In time, the venue began to feature more diverse performances by artists such as Vaginal Davis. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... See also: DIY Network, a cable TV network. ... THE NEED is a four-piece band origionating in Columbus, OH. Consisting of Garrett McArthur - Lead Vocals/Piano/Guitars, Danny Mareco - Guitars/BG Vocals, Mitchell Ammar - Bass Guitar, and Brandon Hess - Drums, they have a very unique sound. ... Los Crudos was a hardcore punk band, prominent during the 1990´s. ... Limp Wrist is a gay straight edge punk rock band featuring members of Los Crudos, Hail Mary, Devoid Of Faith and Kill the Man Who Questions. ... Bitch and Animal, a duo consisting of two female musicians, Bitch and Animal, were a queercore band that performed from 1995 to 2004. ... Can refer to a region of Euclidean 3-space with a specific sign for x, y and z coordinates. ... God Is My Co-Pilot is a queercore band from New York City that has been recording and playing since 1991. ... Tribe 8 is an all-women outspoken dyke punk band from San Francisco, USA. Considered one of the first queercore groups, they take their name from the practice of tribadism. ... Three Dollar Bill is a band founded by Jane Danger and Chris Piss in Chicago, Illinois in 1998. ... The scapegoat was a goat that was driven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in Judaism during the times of the Temple in Jerusalem. ... Vaginal Davis on cover of EP. Clarence Dennis Williams, also known as Vaginal Davis or her dominatrix-alter-ego Veronika VIntrest, (born February 23, 1969) is a punk rock drag queen and an avant-garde performance artist. ...

Fuck the Mayor Collective and Gay Shame

DUMBA was also involved in the Fuck the Mayor Collective, a queer activist organization created in response to what some believed were the racist, classist, sexist, and homophobic policies of the Giuliani administration.^[5] In 1998, DUMBA and the Fuck the Mayor Collective created Gay Shame, an anti-assimilationist and anti-consumerism response to the annual Gay Pride celebrations during June. Kiki and Herb and Three Dollar Bill performed, and Eileen Myles, Mattilda, and Penny Arcade spoke at the event that year, which was filmed by Scott Berry and released as the documentary film Gay Shame 98. The event was written about by Alissa Chadburn in the San Francisco Bay Guardian: Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... 1. ... Classism (a term formed by analogy with racism) is any form of prejudice or oppression against people who are in, or who are perceived as being like those who are in, a lower social class (especially in the form of lower socioeconomic status) within a class society. ... Sexism is discrimination between people based on their Sex rather than their individual merits. ... A protest by The Westboro Baptist Church; a group identified by the Anti-Defamation League as virulently homophobic. ... Rudolph William Louis Giuliani III, (born May 28, 1944) is an American lawyer, prosecutor, businessman, and Republican politician from the state of New York. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Gay shame is a movement whose adherents describe it as a radical alternative to the gay mainstream. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Consumerist redirects here. ... The gay pride or simply pride campaign has three main premises: that people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity, that sexual diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered. ... Kiki and Herb (Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman) are an American drag cabaret duo. ... Three Dollar Bill is a band founded by Jane Danger and Chris Piss in Chicago, Illinois in 1998. ... Eileen Myles is an acclaimed lesbian poet and novelist. ... Mattilda aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore is a San Francisco-based author. ... Penny Arcade is the stage name of Susana Ventura (born 1950), a performance artist and playwright based in New York City. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... // The San Francisco Bay Guardian (also known as the SF Bay Guardian, Bay Guardian, and the Guardian) is a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. ...

The goal of Gay Shame in New York was to form a free "non-consumerist space for creating culture and community building" and to try to "build some opposition to the reactionary gay mainstream," which [Mattilda] says has "a stranglehold on all representations of queerness in the media.|^[6]}}

The collective behind Gay Shame also produced a fanzine each year for the occasion of the event, entitled Swallow Your Pride. Gay Shame was held at DUMBA in June 1998 and June 2000. A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in June, 2000. ...

1999–2001

Queeruption, 1999

The second iteration of Queeruption, an annual international Queercore festival, was largely housed at DUMBA October 7–11, 1999. Hundreds of activists came from across the United States and Europe for this free, radical, queer "encuentro" that was part skill-share, part social event, and part conference, and that featured over 60 workshops, along with films, performances, and parties. There was also a Columbus Day action in Central Park, led by Mattilda, in which city vehicles were "ticketed" for parking on stolen land, and to protest the arrest of a gay man, allegedly for cruising in the park (he claimed to be urinating). Queeruption - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980s as an offshoot of punk. ... is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... Columbus Day is a holiday celebrated in many countries in the Americas, commemorating the date of Christopher Columbuss arrival in the New World on October 12, 1492. ... Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ...

Brooklyn Babylon Cinema

Brooklyn Babylon Cinema, a recurring analog film screening series, was born at DUMBA and continued for several years. It featured events such as the "Times Square Sinema" on May 7, 1999, which provided a kissing booth and encouraged fraternization; a tribute to the Duece's seedy past; and "Caught Looking" (March 2000), a program about voyeurism curated by Aaron Scott, which included two video programs, as well as installations by Rob Roth and others. Brooklyn Babylon Cinema regularly showed films by emerging directors, providing a space in which new work could develop, as well as work by better-known directors such as Sadie Benning, Anonymous Boy, G.B. Jones, Miranda July, and Scott Treleaven. is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary using the Transwiki process. ... Sadie Benning is a video maker, visual artist, and musician. ... Anonymous Boy is the pen name of Tony Arena, an artist, writer and filmmaker who resides in New York City. ... G.B. Jones is an influential artist, filmmaker, and musician from Toronto. ... Miranda July Miranda July (born February 1, 1974) is a performance artist, musician, writer, and film director. ... Scott Treleaven, Canadian artist. ...

Le Tigre, 2000

Another landmark event was the first-ever concert by Le Tigre on April 21, 2000.^[7] The loft was over-packed that night, so much so that there was a live video feed of the band from one room to another. The band donated the door proceeds to the collective. Le Tigre (album) Le Tigre (shirt) Le Tigre is a feminist electro post-punk band formed in 1998 by Kathleen Hanna. ... is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Lusty Loft Parties

From 2000 to 2001, DUMBA was home to the "Lusty Loft Parties," described by writer and sex columnist Tristan Taormino as "pure queer erotic utopia, with people of all genders fucking side by side."^[8] These parties were deemed successful and were written about in Village Voice several times, notably by Guy Trebay and by Taormino, though several years after the fact.^[9] Tristan Taormino (born 9 May 1971) is an award-winning author, columnist, editor, and self-styled anal sexpert. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with her Bachelors degree in American Studies from Wesleyan University in 1993. ... The Village Voice is a New York City-based weekly newspaper featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. ...

The Lusty Loft Parties were part of the basis for the film Shortbus. Shortbus is a 2006 film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, writer/director/star of the play and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch. ...

2002–2006

The DUMBA Collective

During this time the group living in the space called themselves the "DUMBA Collective," a name that stuck until the collective's demise in 2006.

In 2004, writer Arial Levy described in New York Magazine DUMBA's trannyboi scene: shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ...

Being a boi means different things to different people—it’s a fluid identity, and that’s the whole point. Some women who call themselves bois are playing off "boy" in the gay-male S/M sense of the term, as in Daddy/Boy: The boy or boi is the submissive and, in the case of lesbians, has sex with dominant butches (tops). Some of the people who identify as bois are female-to-male transsexuals in various stages of the transition process, ranging from having had top surgery and taking testosterone ("T") to simply adopting the pronoun he. Some, like Lissa, date other bois and think of themselves as “fags,” while others only date femmes.

The article also noted that at Dumba "[t]hey have sex parties and art shows, and above the bathroom door, instead of GIRLS or BOYS, it says TRANNIES."^[10]

Shortbus

John Cameron Mitchell's film Shortbus (2006) was partially shot at DUMBA in 2005. The "Lusty Loft Parties" are credited as the events on which he loosely based his movie. In the film, a hyperbolized DUMBA was the site of Justin Bond's salon. People associated with DUMBA appear in the film as "sextras".^[11] John Cameron Mitchell - JCM at Cannes John Cameron Mitchell - photo: Justin Hyte John Cameron Mitchell (born April 21, 1963) is an American writer, actor, and director. ... Shortbus is a 2006 film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, writer/director/star of the play and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Justin Bond is a celebrated queer iconic performer out of New York City. ...

In October of 2006, Village Voice quoted John Cameron Mitchell discussing DUMBA:

Still, real life and faux life merged while making the movie—the sexed-up loft scenes were shot in DUMBO at the DUMBA artists' space, and guess what: "DUMBA—where we shot it—has been shut down," Mitchell says. "The neighbors complained about parties and sex parties. The lease is up this December."

– ^[12]

Lost lease

As Mitchell noted, DUMBA lost its lease in 2006. It is unknown what the landlord's plans for the space are.^{[citation needed]}

Timeline of events that took place at DUMBA

• Fuck the Mayor celebration
• The annual Gay Shame event during Gay Pride (June 1998 and onward)
• Brooklyn Babylon Cinema (1999 and onward), including the following film programs:
  • Please Kill dumba (12-hour film marathon), June 14, 1998
  • Soiree Guy Debord, October 2, 1998
  • What Goes Around Comes Around (queer shorts program), November 6, 1998
  • Free the Land! (or Why Gracie Mansion Should Be Bulldozed and the Land Squatted, March 5, 1999
  • The Bombing of West Philly and The Black Panthers, April 2, 1999
  • Times Square Sinema, May 7, 1999
  • Dreamland Revisited: Coney Island Images, July 9, 1999
  • The Night Before (dir. Arch Brown), August 6, 1999
  • Free Voice of Labor, September 10, 1999
  • Survival program featuring Kalin's Prayer and Fly Away Homo, November 5, 1999
  • Video Killed the Radio Star December 3, 1999
  • International Super8 Day, January 7, 2000
  • Big Film by Lee Krist, February 4, 2000^[13]
  • Caught Looking: Voyeurism and Reflexivity in Cinema curated by Aaron Scott, March 3, 2000
  • Stop Motion Animation, May 2000
  • Happy Birthday Marquis!, with films of Joel Schlemowitz & Tom Chomont and performance by Ray Rivas June 2, 2000
  • Memento Mori: The Films of Jim Hubbard, January 31, 2001^[14]
  • The Wobblies, August 3, 2000^[15]
  • No President, Song for Rent, and Midnight at the Plaster Foundation by Jack Smith, May 4, 2001
• Some Velvet Sidewalk, Dub Narcotic Sound System + Jason O'D Traeger + Miranda July (September 29, 1997)^[16]
• Queeruption (October 1999)
• Le Tigre debut concert (2000)
• Lusty Loft Parties (2000)
• Tracy and the Plastics (June 1, 2001) ^[17]
• Jerry Tartaglia retrospective
• Afro-Punk new years 2005, 2006 ^[18]
• Spin Cycle: The Game (2006)]]^[19]
• Shortbus by John Cameron Mitchell (2006)

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Notes

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See also

• Gay Shame
• Queercore