“Any staging of desire involves the comeback sentiment, which Freud called “uncanny”: the long-hidden treasure (a body part, a beloved) rises once more to consciousness. So when a desire first comes to mind, it is really a return…when the diva returns for a special appearance she will not necessarily sing.”
– Wayne Koestenbaum, The Queen’s Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and The Mystery of Desire
“[Its] aura is no longer based on the permanence of the “original,” but on the transience of the copy. …The poor image is no longer about the real thing—the originary original. Instead, it is about its own real conditions of existence: about swarm circulation, digital dispersion, fractured and flexible temporalities…In short: it is about reality.”
– Hito Steyerl, In Defense of the Poor Image
Image: Beth Barbis
PRESS
What (Be)comes (of) a Legend Most?, Sarah Elaine Smith, QueerPgh
Amanda Waltz, Pittsburgh City Paper
AWARDS
2020 Kelly Strayhorn Theater Freshworks Residency Space Grant, Feb-Mar
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Image: Beth Barbis