The nightclub known as FUCK! ran from the Summer of 1989 until Spring 1993, when it was raided by the Los Angeles Police Department's Vice Division. First hosted by Basgo's Disco in Silver Lake, FUCK! constituted a gritty liminal space oppositional to both the neighborhood's largely men-only leather bars as well as the clean-cut bars of West Hollywood. At FUCK! the modified, pierced, and tattooed body was front and center. Scarring, mummification, and piercing were staples at FUCK!, confronting fears of contagion while revealing the temporality of the body during the height of the AIDS crisis. Performances at FUCK! were both transgressive and theatrical, pushing the limits of what the performer's body (and audience) could endure with a spirit of play.

Collective rage about governmental indifference to AIDS manifested an urgency and intensity that pushed the boundaries of art, performance, and community at FUCK! A response to the unacknowledged trauma from the sudden and continual loss of largely young men and artists, FUCK! brought together a highly diverse spectrum of sexualities and people-punks, outcasts, and the art-damaged-to dance and perform to the soundtrack of industrial music. FUCK! was a key site of the alternative art and performance scene in Los Angeles at the time, blurring nightlife, performance, and activism. The club popularized a S&M, piercing, and body-modification-informed aesthetic (now prevalent in mainstream popular culture) that influenced artists of the time and the present, and that only recently has begun to be recognized.

FUCK! Loss, desire, pleasure resurrects FUCK!'s historical legacy, placing archival material related to the club in relation to works by contemporary artists whose practices align with emergent themes of the club. Historical photographs, flyers, and objects from FUCK! punctuate the club's importance as a space of community, friendship, and playful experimentation. The exhibition includes candid snapshots and ephemera from the club, documentation of FUCK!'s intervention in the 1991 Christopher Street West pride parade, and documentation related to the LAPD raid on FUCK! in April 1993, among other highlighted events.

FUCK! cannot be recalled without accessing nostalgia, excitement, and for most, the profound loss of close and familial friendships. This exhibition is an invitation to future researchers to utilize information collected through oral documentation so as to further theorize the importance of FUCK! We would like to thank Kelly B., Race Bannon, Richard Benzing, Carla Bozulich, Michelle Carr, Bud Cockerham, Clay Cross, Teri Geary, Stephen Holman, Paul King, Pigpen, Frankie MacTavish, Sweet P., Mike Pierce, Rush Riddle, Sheree Rose, Bhaskar Sarkar, Steak, Stuart Swezey, Bud Thomas, Valerie Vaughan, Ruth Villasenor, and all those who have contributed not only their time and energy, but also their personal items, tales, and insights to assist in retelling this history.

Please note that part of this exhibition is installed around the second story mezzanine and is only accessible via stairs.

Love comes in all shapes, sizes, ages and backgrounds - especially in a diverse place like Los Angeles. Join ONE Archives at Grand Park's PROUD Love and kick off Valentine's Day weekend with a free dance party celebrating the LGBTQ and ally community. Enjoy your day at the park with photo booths, DJs, an open dance floor, and lessons in square dancing and line dancing encourages everyone to share space and feel some Valentine sweetness in the park.

Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair is the companion fair to Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair, held every fall in New York. This year's fair features SPAIN FOCUS Curated by Libros Mutantes & La Casa Encendida. Supported by Acción Cultural Española A/CE.

Join ONE Archives Foundation's Curatorial Assistant Toro Castaño in a conversation with Devan Shimoyama, as they discuss the Shimoyama's overlying practice and first exhibition with Samuel Freeman. The talk will mark the conclusion of the exhibition DEVAN SHIMOYAMA | SALOMÓN HUERTA.

Leszkowicz is an art  historian, academic lecturer and freelance curator specializing in contemporary art and LGBTQ studies. He is researching at ONE Archives for his current project - Queer Subjectivity, Community, and Artistic Expression: An Art Historical, Archival, and Curatorial Study of LGBTQ Art and Politics in California,