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# The Valentine's Day Tape an Avant-Garde Musician Left Behind
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/gerardo-velazquez-late-valentine-tape-listening-party-coagula-curatorial/
- Published: 2017-12-11T20:15:12.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:25:50.000Z
- Description: Gerardo Velazquez, a queer, Chicano artist and musician, left behind this tape, which you can now listen to at Coagula Curatorial.
- Author: Matt Stromberg
- Tags: Art, Coagula Curatorial, Events, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:30(2016, 2017, part 3)

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Nervously Engendered: The Art of Gerardo Velazquez, installation view (all photos courtesy Coagula Curatorial)

Gerardo Velazquez, an artist and member of the band [Nervous Gender](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWYKeN%5FwBK0&ref=hyperallergic.com), was an urgent voice at the intersection of queer, Chicano, and punk identities. Formed in 1978, the LA-based band offered an alternative to the then-prevalent testosterone-fueled, guitar-based punk with a synth-driven sound that was no less confrontational. His boundless creative energies found further expression in photography, poster and record design, performance, and early digital media experiments.

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Gerardo Velazquez, “Late Valentine Tape”

Curated by [Louis Jacinto](http://onodream.com/home.html?ref=hyperallergic.com), [*Nervously Engendered*](http://coagulacuratorial.com/nervously-engendered.xhtml?ref=hyperallergic.com)at Coagula presents a cross-section of Velazquez’s output, shedding light on this influential, but oft-overlooked artist. To celebrate the show’s closing, the gallery will be hosting a listening party of Velazquez’s “Late Valentine Tape.” Featuring eight songs, the tape was originally intended to be given to friends on Valentine’s Day 1991; however, he changed the cover art to read “Late” after the holiday had passed. The original recording was found among his possessions, a year after he died from AIDS at the age of 33.

**When:** Saturday, December 16, 6–9pm  
**Where:** Coagula Curatorial (974 Chung King Road, Chinatown, Los Angeles)

*More info* [*here*](http://coagulacuratorial.com/nervously-engendered.xhtml?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*