Step inside the rave. To your left is euphoria: topless dancers lost in the moment. Straight ahead is the chillout zone: your friends draped over each other, their bodies exuding electric jolts of red, yellow and blue under the lights. But it’s to your left that the real wildness is taking place: a blur of bodies in the dark, with dangling penises, parted buttocks and gaping mouths gradually emerging into focus.
The only thing missing from this room full of hedonism is the music, for this nightclub is not a nightclub at all. Rather, it’s Night, an exhibition of lifesize paintings by Israeli-born artist Doron Langberg. They unashamedly chart the pleasures of various nights out in queer spaces, from the dancing and sex to the blissful beach comedowns. It was a subject Langberg was initially uncertain about tackling.
