Darkmatter #ItGetsBitter Event

#ItGetsBitter
#TBT back to when we were told as queer youth that it was supposed to ?get better.? What they forgot to tell us is that gay rights are often only for gay whites! With an increase in racist and queerphobic violence and a state that uses our bodies to advance its imperialist agenda at home and abroad, what?s become apparent is that LGBT rights have become co-opted. JOIN DarkMatter for a night of poetry, polemic, and healing as we not only critique – but also imagine new queer futures. Show followed by Q&A.

DARKMATTER is a trans south asian performance art duo comprised of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian. Based in New York City, DarkMatter regularly performs to sold-out houses at venues like La MaMa Experimental Theater, Nuyorican Poets Café, and the Asian American Writer?s Workshop. DarkMatter was recently part of the Public Theater?s Under the Radar Festival as well as the Queer International Arts Festival. Known for their quirky aesthetic and political panache, DarkMatter has been invited to perform at stages and universities across the world.

http://darkmatterpoetry.com/

event supported by Quote Vienna, tastique & Referat für Kunst und (Gegen)Kultur ÖH Akademie der Bildenden Künste