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The editors from BUTT magazine have teamed up with hospitality innovator Ace Hotel to curate a selection for its soon to launch gay porn pay-per-view service.

Screenshot of Al Parker's "Inches" (1979)

Screenshot of Al Parker's "Inches" (1979)

It’s a peculiar endeavor considering that the internet has come to dominate the porn industry’s distribution and viewership, hotel ordered porn seems counter-intuitive if not a lost cause. Yet BUTT, a magazine that has been at the vanguard of proving the mettle of traditional print in the age of the internet, has a knack for showing the wonders of what an honest perspective and keen thinking can do in defiance of all the hype.

In the tradition of forgoing the conventions of MSG* culture, the team at BUTT has put together a series of films that aren’t as immediately obvious as Bel Ami lovers or Falcon studs. Rather, they pooled from their own individual tastes and connoisseurship developing a range of erotic preferences representing the best of their genre. Whether it is forceful brutality or a gruff papichulo that gets you off, there’s something to illicit the stirrings of horny ambition for everyone. [Possibly NSFW]

Slava Mogutin @ Envoy

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If you missed Envoy’s opening for artist Lars Stephan, you won’t want to miss Thursday’s kick-off for photographer Slava Mogutin’s newest series, Food Chain.  A Russian ex-patriot, he was forced to seek political asylum in the US in the 90’s as a consequence of his queer writings and persistent activism in opposition to conservative (i.e., anti-gay) Russian values.  His work has taken him from the barracks of young, Russian soldiers to the stages and changing rooms inhabited by NYC go-go boys — his camera always quick to capture the gritty, raw sexuality to which his mind’s eye is attuned.

Along the way he has published two monograph collections of his photography, entitled Lost Boys and NYC Go-Go, in addition to seven Russian-language literary pieces.  They serve as part historical and part fantastical documentation of gay identity, something which his work is always seeking to explore through a variety of media.

The exhibit runs through November 1, 2009, with the opening reception this Thursday, Sept. 24 from 6-8pm.  Following the opening reception there will be an afterparty at The Hose.

As part of our mission to bring you a slice of the world, via the homo-neurotic perspective, we’re continuing a series of interviews in which we feature exciting, new artistic talent. This time around we’ve jumped the pond to catch up with Italian artistic duo Luigi and Luca. Their photography explores themes ranging from the complexities of modern gay relationships to the battle against sexual repression.