Fotomuseum Winterthur | Events | Saturday, 21.05.2022, 14:00–15:00
Interactive Performance: Clothing – From the Everyday to the Subversive
© Jovana Hitz / Jo DyKing
The interactive performance for young people from the age of twelve by drag performer Jo DyKing explores the role and effect of clothing in our everyday lives. Gender, gender roles and the expression of gender play a central role – with clothing being an effective means of subverting the habitual and what is considered normal.
Clothing is a layer that exists between us and the world, fusing security, intimacy and creative expression. Clothes harbour numerous visual codes and meanings that co-create and reproduce social constructs.
The event takes place in German.
Admission: CHF 15.– (for members and reduced CHF 12.–)
Subject to change.
This event takes place in the framework of the exhibition Orlando – Based on a Novel by Virginia Woolf. The 1928 novel Orlando tells the story of a young noble person in the age of Queen Elizabeth I who lives for centuries without ageing and has the mysterious ability to switch gender. In 1992, film-maker Sally Potter devised what has become a classic adaptation of the book with actress Tilda Swinton in the title role. The exhibition of the same name, developed by Swinton, shows the work of contemporary artists and photographers who explore the main themes dealt with in Orlando’s story: gender fluidity, the idea of boundless consciousness and the prospect of living forever.
Clothing is a layer that exists between us and the world, fusing security, intimacy and creative expression. Clothes harbour numerous visual codes and meanings that co-create and reproduce social constructs.
The event takes place in German.
Admission: CHF 15.– (for members and reduced CHF 12.–)
Subject to change.
This event takes place in the framework of the exhibition Orlando – Based on a Novel by Virginia Woolf. The 1928 novel Orlando tells the story of a young noble person in the age of Queen Elizabeth I who lives for centuries without ageing and has the mysterious ability to switch gender. In 1992, film-maker Sally Potter devised what has become a classic adaptation of the book with actress Tilda Swinton in the title role. The exhibition of the same name, developed by Swinton, shows the work of contemporary artists and photographers who explore the main themes dealt with in Orlando’s story: gender fluidity, the idea of boundless consciousness and the prospect of living forever.