Gay homoerectus

The theory of evolution might explain how a body part, an organ, takes form so as to serve a specific purpose. The public simultaneously behold etched sketches of our ancient ancestors and nature clips through the cracks in their own reflection. While the heads are drawn in reference to the facial features of foregone folks, the bodies and their positions are inspired by homoerotic photography and pornography.

Myrup looks to more recent research focusing on their similarities to Homo Sapiens rather than their differences. In a full scale installation the Danish artist stages the prehistory of homosexuality amongst hominins. The unknown contains something well known.

In the center of the exhibition, we find a four-poster bed shared by two lovers, built with wood and plants found in the forests of Denmark. My friends and I had the pleasure of visiting the L'Homo Erectus Bar in Brussels. 🐻😍 His attention and relaxed manner.

L 39 Homo Erectus

We find ourselves in a piece of Danish nature posing as a piece of prehistory. Not only have geneticists proved Homo Sapiens have bred and exchanged genes with other hominins. Not only was he super accommodating, but also just stunningly good looking!

The videos are displayed on screens covered by mirrors. The main characters of the installation, the homosexual hominins, have not been modeled by Myrup, but drawn. With Homo Homo Myrup shows feelings for and attraction to his own gender, as the most natural thing in the natural world; something by now well documented amongst thousands of species throughout the animal kingdom.

The artist has discarded the big diorama paintings of landscapes that stretch as far as the eye can see. Small and intimate. I would particularly like to highlight the exceptionally friendly and charming staff member who welcomed us. The main attraction, the hominins, are not placed in the centre of a landscape.

homo erectus Urban Dictionary

The cozy gay welcoming environment is complemented by a friendly barman and a lovely outdoor seating area. In Homo Homo Myrup reworks the format. homo erectus: An [ancient] species of [primitive] man who habitually walked about with huge boners, and had just [one thing] on their minds.

The hominins in Myrup’s exhibition such as Homo Erectus and Homo Neanderthalensis seem to act like humans of our time. They are hung on the walls like windows to another world. Prehistoric and present horizons enrich and obscure each other and merge.

In the center of the exhibition, we find a four-poster bed shared by two lovers, built with wood and plants found in the forests of Denmark. In a corner of the exhibition Myrup has constructed a seashore and in another a grave. L'Homo Erectus is a gay café and bar with nice atmosphere and staff in the heart of Brussels, next to Le Detour bar.

Biologists have also proven that homoerectus behavior is widespread amongst the species of living apes most akin to Homo Sapiens. Besides the characteristics of the homo homos such as flat, wide nose ridges and protruding forehead arches and mouths, Myrup enhances the likeness to humans of today.

For this, our comprehensive history of gay life from Homo erectus to homo-internet-addictus, The Stranger assembled a group of such queers. Our perception of prehistory has always been produced by the present. In a corner of the exhibition Myrup has constructed a seashore and in another a grave.

It is rather the visitors, the humans, walking around in the display. The bar also hosts occasional drag shows and fetish social meetings. The first scientific studies of the antiquity of humanity in the 19th century conceived of other hominins as primitive, underdeveloped beings.

Myrup also shows a stream of his own videos, captured with a smartphone, with sunsets and similar scenes of natural beauty, which may have surprised and seduced hominins throughout the ages. As soon as we entered the bar we were welcomed by the warm and welcoming atmosphere.

The installation recalls the dioramas of museums of natural history where animals are displayed in a reconstruction of their natural environment.