Off-site event
Drag and Camp: the Aesthetic of Excess
20 Oct 2023
The event is over
‘The essence of Camp is its love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration.’ Susan Sontag’s words continue to resonate throughout the history of art, across different forms, from performance art to visual art and television. Through pastiche, distancing, and excess, camp and drag culture have shaped generations of avant-gardes. This panel explores the political and aesthetic significance of camp, at a time when the figure of the drag queen is being singled out in conservative circles.
The Paris+ par Art Basel Conversations program is curated by Pierre-Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou.
With
Steven Cohen, performer, visual artist and choreographer, Lille
Anthea Hamilton, artist, London
Bruce LaBruce, Filmmaker, photographer, and writer, Toronto
Moderator: Jordan Richman, cultural director, editor, and writer, New York
When
4pm - 5pm
Attention, relocation to the Musée Picasso Paris
Where
Musée Picasso Paris
Bruce LaBruce
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