Ma Bra? Domestic Drag with Amy Pennington
Saturday 27 June: 14.00-16.00 BST
Dressing up, queering up, improvising, making scripts, being daft, supporting one another .......playing together.
Together we are going to domestic drag, bad drag ....smart price drag .....creating characters with whatever is lying around your humble abode. I'm talking spaghetti wigs, plant feather boers, dog lead jewellery. An opportunity to create a new persona ....with bravado.
There will be domestic scripts for your characters to work with ......think soap opera but a little bit more domestic......even a chance to create your own. This afternoon is a chance to break free and play!
No experience in anything is needed, Just bring your fine self.
About Amy Pennington
Amy makes work that connects human relationships & socio-political issues using everyday materials & accessible processes to transgress the boundaries of high & low art, often using drawing, DIY film & improvised performance. In their work, familiarity & accessibility are political strategies to spark a conversation, which soon reaches more complex terrain. The foundation of their practice is people: working collaboratively, as participants or co-creators, often in everyday spaces including hairdressers, care homes, parks, a factory. Working with institutions as well as self-organised groups and in the public realm. They have worked with Open Barbers, The Outside Project, LGSMigrants, LADA, PEER, Battersea Art Centre, Heart Of Glass and Left Coast.
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Photo in banner image by Heather Glazzard
Event Details
This workshops is FREE to attend, but when booking we encourage you to make a donation towards Black Lives Matter UK https://bit.ly/UKBLMFUND
This workshop will take place online via Zoom. To attend, you will need access to a laptop or a computer capable of receiving audio and video over a stable internet connection. You do not need to download Zoom to participate, but you will need to click on the Zoom link provided to you via email from Outsavvy before the session to attend.
About Må bra?
22 June - 5 July
Må bra? is a series of free online sessions focusing on sharing and creating tools to help us maintain a sense of wellbeing in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Each session will be led by a different LGBTQIA+ artist who will be sharing their own take on the subject. Featuring Fredde Lanka, Soofiya, Amy Pennington, Dex Grodner, Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson and G(end)er Swap.
Sessions are free but when booking we encourage you to make a donation towards Black Lives Matter UK https://bit.ly/UKBLMFUND
Ma Bra? forms part of Studio Voltaire's Desperate Living C-19 programme, and in collaboration with The Outside Project
See the full programme and get tickets to further events here.
About the Artists
Fredde Lanka
Soofiya
Amy Pennington
Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson
G(end)er Swap
Dex Chait Grodner
About Desperate Living C-19
Desperate Living is a new six–month engagement programme which aims to support LGBTQ+ people during and after COVID-19, providing support for artists as well as opportunities for people to engage with arts and culture in direct response to their experiences.
Studio Voltaire have commissioned artists Sunil Gupta, Juliet Jacques, Fredde Lanka, Conal McStravick, Raju Rage with the right lube and further artists to be announced to realise this programme.