Though media in the United States has experienced a surge in coverage of trans issues and celebrities, the Dutch press has been relatively quiet after Maxim Februari’s 2013 tour with his book, De Maakbare Man. Recently though, I contributed to…
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Cassils “Incendiary Day” talks at MU with Jack Halberstam and more: 17 June
I’m delighted to be the moderator for an epic event organized in honor of trans artist Cassils’ first solo museum exhibition in Europe, Incendiary, at MU in Eindhoven. Talks and book catalog launch run from 15:30 – 22:00 on Wednesday…
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Call for Abstracts: Affect Theory Conference, due May 18
Together with Aren Aizura and Kyla Schuller, I will be organizing a stream of panels on the topic “Affect and its Queer Intersections: Race, Trans*, and Biopolitics” at a very exciting conference this fall, October 14-17, 2015. Affect Theory:…
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First blogpost on the Huffington: An Interview with Yishay Garbasz
To discuss her upcoming show and way of working, Yishay Garbasz and I skyped for hours. Since she is severely dyslexic I transformed this conversation into a sort of interview piece that was published on the Huffington Post. I hope to…
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Performative Lecture at Frascati Issues “Mr.Mrs.Mx” with Florentina Holtzinger
Recently I gave my first performative lecture called “Recovery POST-PERFORMANCE of an AFTERTALK” together with the solo artist that I was speaking about, the dynamic young dancer from Austria, Florentina Holtzinger. Her gripping, sexy and messy show “Recovery” was also at…
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Perverse Assemblages Symposium at Oldenburg (01-2015)
I have been invited by the trans studies and media scholar Dr. Josch Hoenes to give a talk at the University of Oldenburg. The program (kolleg) “Queer Studies and Intermedia: Art – Music – Media Culture” is organizing a symposium…
Posted in Art and Academic Events, News Tagged with: Affect, Assemblage, Body, Media, Queer, Sexuality, Transgender
TSQ Call for Papers: Translating Transgender (due 1 March 2015)
I am the editor for the Arts and Culture review section. Please contact me with your ideas on fresh art, groundbreaking cultural events, and to become a reviewer. TSQ calls for papers: every issue is specially organized by guest editors. CALL FOR PAPERS…
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