NANGYAYARI NA: a Multidimensional Mixtape

NANGYAYARI NA: a Multidimensional Mixtape

Visual and performance artist Kiam Marcelo Junio will debut a new performance piece, NANGYAYARI NA: a Multidimensional Mixtape at this year's QUEERGASM! Hosted by Northwestern University's Queer Pride Graduate Student Association, in conjunction with the QUEERTOPIA Annual Women and Gender Studies Symposium. NANGYAYARI NA (Filipino/Tagalog for "It's already happening") is a 30 minute 2-act production : a meditation on Filipino diaspora experience, traversing numerous landscapes, shapes, cultures, sounds, philosophies, and art forms.  There are too many words to describe what the project entails, but here are a few key words: #slugsex #musical #filipino #english #spanish #catholic #religion #love #time #space #memory #nostalgia #yoga #chakras #butoh #karaoke #military #marching #queer #explosion  Featured performers: Holly Chernobyl Mister Junior Heather Marie and the Jerry Blossom Brigade: Josephine Shaker Christopher Knowlton Xavier Saint DeathWolf Video projection collaboration with Christopher Sonny Martinez Music by Praxis Counter-praxis, græ, and Blue Redder More details forthcoming! For questions, inquiries, comments and volunteer opportunities, contact the artist directly at [email protected]

May 3, 2014 at Studio BE 6-10 pm 3110 N Sheffield, Chicago, IL USA

  image and design by IAMKIAM Studios