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#ItGetsBitter is an interruption: a hybrid mixture of art and activism, poetry and polemic, giggles and gasps. #ItGetsBitter is a remix of spoken word, stand up comedy, fashion, and nursery rhymes. DarkMatter shares stories of navigating the world in all of its ordinariness and peculiarity as trans South Asians, taking the audience on an emotional roller coaster all of the way f...
This event is sold out and tickets will not be available at the door.
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#ItGetsBitter is an interruption: a hybrid mixture of art and activism, poetry and polemic, giggles and gasps. #ItGetsBitter is a remix of spoken word, stand up comedy, fashion, and nursery rhymes. DarkMatter shares stories of navigating the world in all of its ordinariness and peculiarity as trans South Asians, taking the audience on an emotional roller coaster all of the way from the personal to the political. Join us for an evening of poetry and healing as we not only critique but imagine new ways of being and resisting together.
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, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Asian American Writer’s Workshop. DarkMatter was recently part of the Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival, the Lincoln Center’s La Casita 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 across the world.
email info@darkmatterpoetry.com with questions.
FEATURED OPENERS:
Tyler Ford is an agender writer, speaker, consultant and personality. They are a contributor for Rookie and MTV, where they often write about their experiences as a queer transgender person. Their work has been published in the Guardian, Poetry Magazine, V Magazine, and most recently in Rookie Yearbook Four. Tyler is passionate about inspiring others to become the best possible version of themselves, whether that occurs through writing, public speaking, advising or simply living a life that resonates with who they are.
Aurel Haize Odogbo is a Black trans femme artist, writer, and model. From an Afrofuturististic and mythological lens Haize's drawings, text, sculpture, and performance feature a conversation between her embodied experience and notions of gender, body, and history. Her work has been published in Nepantla: A Journal for Queer Poets of Color, she's been featured in i-D Magazine, has walked for Trans designer Gogo Graham and has shown work in various venues including Cooper Union.