Performance Ar13 features
This Blog is performative as it steams from life and work. It asks, “what is it
like to be a queer-femme artist in the 21-century?. It features artworks that engages in queer and feminist radical dialogue about performance art.
Three lesbian couples protested against discrimination with performance art staged at Houhai in Beijing on May 16, 2013, in conjunction with the International Day Against Homophobia, which falls on May 17 every year.
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These performers and activists are demanding basic human rights illustrating how performative protest can speak volumes and how news & images can travel so readily over the Internet.
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These performers and activists are demanding basic human rights illustrating how performative protest can speak volumes and how news & images can travel so readily over the Internet.
This International Day Against Homophobia protest is especially relevant in light of renowed Chinese artist Ai Weiei, and the incredible documentary, "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" 2012, a film directed by American filmmaker Alison Klayman. With a special appearance by one of my favorite chinese performance artists Tehching Hsieh. If you haven't seen it, you should watch it now, click here: Never Sorry
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