Join Madison Moore and Victoria Sin as they discuss fabulousness, queerness, style as politics, and the art of working a look.
Prince once told us not to hate him ’cause he’s fabulous. But what does it mean to be fabulous? Is fabulous style only about labels, narcissism, and selfies—looking good and feeling gorgeous? Or can acts of fabulousness be political gestures, too? What are the risks of fabulousness? And in what ways is fabulous style a defiant response to the struggles of living while marginalized? Madison Moore answers these questions in a timely and fascinating book (published by Yale University Press) that explores how queer, brown, and other marginalized outsiders use ideas, style, and creativity in everyday life.
The event also includes tunes by Karen Wilkins, resident DJ of the London-based queer techno party OPULENCE, an audience Q&A, and a book signing.
Biographies
Madison Moore, PhD (Yale), is a cultural critic and DJ whose writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Theater, Journal of Popular Music Studies, Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture, Aperture, Thought Catalog, Out, Splice Today, and Inteview. Closing the gaps between theory and practice, madison is creative director and resident DJ of OPULENCE, a London-baed art collective and queer techno party. Born in Ferguson, Missouri, he currently lives in London and Berlin.
Victoria Sin is an artist using speculative fiction within performance, moving image, writing, and print to interrupt normative processes of desire, identification, and objectification. Drawing from close personal encounters of looking and wanting, their work presents heavily constructed fantasy narratives on the often unsettling experience of the physical within the social body.
Karen Wilkins has been gracing the London music scene with her deep hypnotic rhythms and bass infused grooves as a DJ since 2014. Having played at a variety of venues she is fast becoming recognised for her unique track selection and infectious energy behind the decks. Influenced by a wide range of musical styles she really understands how to get a dance floor moving.