Gay Guerrilla (2023) explores the legacy of queer African-American composer Julius Eastman (1940-1990) through dance, music and architecture. By channeling Eastman's singular voice, the duo Gerard & Kelly extends their practice of interweaving abstraction and politics in an installation animated by a series of performances designed specifically for Gallery 3 of the Center Pompidou.

Eastman infused a passion for political engagement into his musical experimentalism, and asserted himself as "black to the max, musician to the max, gay to the max". Gerard & Kelly reimagines Gallery 3 as a minimalist nightclub featuring new neon and metal sculptures, as well as monotypes on paper.

Written by Eastman ten years after the Stonewall Riots, Gay Guerrilla (1979) calls on performers and listeners to join the cause of queer liberation. Gerard & Kelly create a new performance, also titled Gay Guerrilla, with the collaboration of American musicians from the Wild Up and AMOC ensembles, opera singer Davóne Tines, performer Soa from Muse, and dancers from the Ballet de l 'Opéra national de Paris, whose stars Guillaume Diop and Germain Louvet.