Hà Nội Kings
11 and 12 Dec 2015
Nha San Collective’s new space
From Nha San Collective:
Nicole Martine Lewis and Queer Forever! are pleased to invite you to our workshop HÀ NỘI KINGS on 11-12 Dec. 2015.
Program
FRIDAY 11 DEC 2015 18h00
Film screening and discussion about the art of drag king in “Venus Boyz” – a documentary film about drag king performers, Moderation: Nicole Martine Lewis
Language: English, Vietnamese
Synopsis: A film journey through a universe of female masculinity. Women become men – some for a night, others for their whole lives. Masculinity and transformation as performance, subversion and existential necessity. An intimate film about people who create intermediate sexual identities.
English language with Vietnamese subtitles
SATURDAY 12 DEC 2015, 13h30
Practice of drag king with Sexy Galexy (aka Lexi Leigh – Australia) via Skype
Moderation: Nicole Martine Lewis
by registration only: Hanoi Kings <[email protected]>
Language: English, Vietnamese
‘Drag king’ is an English term describing women who cross dress as men on stage. And as the film shows, some people do it for their whole life. Women performing as men are a well-known phenomenon in Vietnamese culture, such as Quan Âm Thị Kính in poetry and chèo, and mediums in Mother Goddess religion. At this event we can also discuss and share our experiences, thoughts about the art of drag and its significance in understanding gender.
We would like to thank “Venus Boyz”‘s producers, ONIX Films, for allowing us to use the film footage in this event.
HÀ NỘI KINGS is a project by Nicole Martine Lewis, and it is a part of Queer Forever! 2015 in Hà nội from 9/12/2015 – 3/1/2016.
Queer art festival Queer Forever! 2015 is organized by Queer Forever!, Nhà Sàn Collective, Goethe-Institut Hanoi, Nicole Martine Lewis, Hà nội Queer, CAMA ATK and has received generous supports from Hanoi Creative City, Chula, SINE store. Communication partners: &ofotherthings www.andofotherthings.com và Hanoi Grapevine hanoigrapevine.com
Cover of the event: a scene from Venus Boyz
Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE is not a museum, a gallery or an international culture institute where completed work are presented by established artists. Just like Nhà Sàn Studio before, it is a working studio to nurture where artists can create, collaborate, be given advice, critiques, and have chances to meet with international artists, curators. Works that are presented at open studio every month could be finished or not, but the process of developing idea and working to improve the quality of the art work for local artists is what Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE focuses on.
If you are interested and curious about experimental art, and want to have conversation with the working artists, please visit
| Nha San COLLECTIVE 15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi Website: www.nhasanstudio.org Email: [email protected] |
