Transvengence Pride Month
June 22 @ 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
TRANSVENGENCE VOL. 8: LIBERATION BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
Host: Joss Barton
- Open Mic sign up 7pm
- Featured Performances 8:30
- Open Mic for all and discussion with the artists
Performers:
Dutchesz Gemini
Hi Bitch! The gorgeous and gifted Dutchesz Gemini is a Chicago based drag and performance artist, DJ, and event host. Her nectareous and high drama presentations take inspiration from ballroom and the worldwide queer underground, with music selections informed by Chicago house, techno, queer hip hop and club bangers. Dutchesz is a resident host/collaborator with Diamond Formation at Smartbar, CLUBWIVES, the collective LowVisibility, and the party and collaboration series RUMORS.
Odette Stout
Odette Stout is an artist and drag performer whose experimental costumes are a staple in Chicago underground nightlife. They stage intermedia performances that cast collaborating artists as otherworldly living artworks, called on to help tell stories from spaces where self-creation is a survival art practice. Their runway events synthesize fashion, digital installation, dance, drag and poetry and are designed to catalyze an ever-present possibility of transformation. Their unique handmade silicone wearables, often augmented reality responsive, are lended out of their studio to local performers and artists. These wearables are documented through their many lives and uses as they gradually degrade and vanish into underground lore.