(X)change is a packed week of performance, drag, photography, film, and critical dialogue not to be missed.
This micro-festival brings together Swiss & local Bay Area artists to intersect performance aesthetics and queer tactics across cultural contexts.
Join us as San Francisco’s sister city, Zürich, stirs our pot, rubs our elbows, and queers our queer:
▲OFF THE WALL PRESENTS: SWITZERLAND IS NOT NEUTRAL
WED, JUN 17, 7:30PM, at CounterPulse
A pre-festival screening of two short films by...
(X)change is a packed week of performance, drag, photography, film, and critical dialogue not to be missed.
This micro-festival brings together Swiss & local Bay Area artists to intersect performance aesthetics and queer tactics across cultural contexts.
Join us as San Francisco’s sister city, Zürich, stirs our pot, rubs our elbows, and queers our queer:
▲OFF THE WALL PRESENTS: SWITZERLAND IS NOT NEUTRAL
WED, JUN 17, 7:30PM, at CounterPulse
A pre-festival screening of two short films by three Swiss art-world insurrectionists, Everyone Wants Me It's My Biggest Downfall, Lukas Beyeler (2012), and The Point of Least Resistance, Peter Fischli and David Weiss (1981).
/// $5 donation ///
►INSTANT WIN GALLERY OPENING
THU, JUN 18, 6:30PM-7:30PM at CounterPulse
Gallery opening of photographs from Lukas Beyeler.
/// Free! ///
◄SWITCH LAB: FINDINGS FROM THE (X)CHANGE RESIDENCY
THU, JUN 18, 8PM at CounterPulse
Featuring collaborative work Ivan Blagajcevic, Keith Hennessey, Nils A. Lange, Marie-Caroline Hominal, Monique Jenkinson, Evan Johnson, and Mica Sigourney.
/// $5 ///
▲CLUB SOME THING ft. KUNT Party
FRI, JUN 19, 10PM at the Stud, 399 9th St.
Imported from Zürich by Marc Streit and Lukas Beyeler, the three Swiss artists will take the stage at SOME THING with local hosts Glamamore, dj down-E, and VivvyAnne ForeverMORE. SOME THING is a weekly San Francisco staple that dishes high drama, low art, lipsyncs, late night dancing, and rad guest djs.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1444053235897454/
/// tickets available at the door ///
►BACKSTAGE -- EXPLORING GENDER AND PERCEPTION
SAT, JUN 20, 12PM-5PM at swissnex San Francisco, 730 Montgomery St.
This conference contextualizes gender and performance aesthetics through panels from academics and activists from Switzerland and the Bay Area. This conference is hosted and produced by swissnex San Francisco. With speakers Cecelia Chung, Cynthia Krauss, Dominique Grisard, Keith Hennessey, Mona De Weerdt, and more TBA.
/// tickets available through swissnex: http://www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org/event/backstagegender ///
▼(X)CHANGE PREMIERE OF NEW WORKS
SAT & SUN, JUN 20 & 21, 8PM at CounterPulse
2 evenings of experimental, interactive queer works from Swiss artists Marie-Caroline Hominal, Nils A. Lange and Ivan Blagajcevic
/// tickets available at counterpulse.org ///
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Organized and supported by: CounterPulse, zürich moves!, swissnex San Francisco, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, City of Zürich Department of Culture, Presence Switzerland, and Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council.