PERFORMING THE OCCULT – SYMPOSIUM DOCUMENTATION

CAN WITCHCRAFT OVERTHROW PATRIARCHY? ARE ZOMBIES THE INCARNATION OF THE QUEER SICK BODY? CAN OCCULT PRACTICES OFFER STRATEGIES TO COUNTERACT NORMATIVITY AND THE ‘POST-TRUTH’ REALITY WE LIVE IN?

Between the supernatural and teratological, this symposium opened up debate on how the magickal and the monstrous in live art offer perspectives on queer-feminist ethics, post-colonial resurgences and anti-capitalist resistance by embodying, displaying and practising the perspectives of outcast and monstrous ‘others’.

The symposium took place at Queen Mary University on 19 October 2017. Page of the event and more information here.

This event was part of the live art club night and multi-disciplinary exhibition DEEP TRASH in the Underworld which took place on Saturday 21 October 2017 at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. The programme is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
Documentation: Lauren Angelkov Cummings, Alexandra Penelope, Julian Deering.

Editing: Lauren Angelkov Cummings.

Production: Giulia Casalini.

Event Assistance: CUNTemporary team.