UBIK Performance Night / Salon of Queer Indoctrinations
St.Elio’s Salon of Queer Indoctrinations is a series of performance nights that aim to generate communal, multi-perspective knowledge and awareness by collectively exploring different social concepts, relevant to queer thought. For the second edition of this performance night, the theme is “Gender Queer Narratives.”
The night will include live performances from different artist’s, who’s work relates to the theme and a group discussion between everyone present will follow.
Artists performing:
Thommy Kraft (they/them)
Within their work, Thommy is constantly searching to combine elements of visual and physical theatre to create hybrid forms that consist of moving bodies and animated material. The empty space as a starting point, Thommy often works with stage-consuming scenography in order to research their potential to transform and/or queer the given space. At this moment, Thommy is primarily interested in themes of queer identity, community building and physical intimacy, as well as their personal relationship to masculinity. Sensitivity and an open curiosity are core qualities that they seek on a conceptual level as well as in the physical work, whether it involves other bodies or animated material.
@thommykay
Thommy presents a visual essay, 120SQM DRESS exploring the connection between masculinity, sensitivity and the craving for softness. A giant textile slowly unfolds and takes over the stage, creating a fabric landscape.
Steef Kersbergen (they/them)
Steef Kersbergen is a nonbinary performance artist working on the border between live and video work. Steef questions conventions on gender in most of their work, from community theatre to visual arts, exploring all forms of in-betweens, and employing a nonbinary way of thinking in their practice. Their projects focus on the (De-/Re-)construction of the nonbinary identity through image making. Temporality and slowness are key entry-points into their work, rooted in the belief that no identity is static or fixed and time is a non-linear and fluid concept. Rooted in an auto-ethnographic approach, Steef uses their work as a way of visually addressing societal issues around transgender identities.
@steef_kersbergen
Steef introduces a performance contemplating time, transition, and hair. Created in collaboration with Vicky Maier, in the context of the HOME OF PERFORMANCE PRACTICES.
Stellata (she/her)
Stellata studied Image and Sound/Art Science at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. With her personal changes as a transgender woman, her art practice evolved with her. Her previous focus on sound art shifted to weaving textiles. In her experience, designing and working out fabrics is not less technical or audible than her earlier work. It resonates with her geeky personality. In her weaves she creates complex patterns and uses vibrant color combinations that she uses to convey her exuberant inner identity with the softness of her textiles.
@stellatakoppe
Stellata showcases a Story of Unfolding Wings, an abstract animation made from handwoven frames about hiding her gender behind a boymask: discovering it, waiting, transitioning and serenity.
The night does not end there… Right after the performances, your discount code [St.Elio] also gets you a reduced ticket price for** Queer Oriental #3**, a club night celebrating queer culture from Turkey, Mesopotamia, and the Middle East. With music, dance, and performances bridging heritage and community, the club night runs from 23:00 to 05:00.
More information you can find here.
We want to make this event as easy to access as possible. If you can’t afford the full price of the ticket, send an email to elio@worm.org to receive a discount code. Limited reduced price tickets available.
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Doors open at 19:30, event starts at 20:00.