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Charming for the Revolution: A Congress for Gender Talents and Wildness

1 February - 2 February 2013
The Tate Tanks at Tate Modern
Bankside, London SE1 8TG
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Charming for the Revolution is an experimental congress of artists, activists and thinkers who seek to unpick underpinning, questions of contemporary sexual and gender politics; exploring strategies that divert and destabilise normative gender and its representations. The series of events gathers major international figures who explore radical expressions of sexuality and gender. Their work invokes what Kathy Acker called the 'languages of wonder, not of judgment' to imagine new paths to liberation and social justice. This constellation of events at Tate Modern will highlight a range of positions, representations and manifestos to assess and debate an exciting, emerging field of shifting identities, active communities and political dreams.

The series of events features films, performance and a major international symposium and brings together the UK premiere of Wu Tsang's award-winning film Wildness (2012), followed by Breakdown (2013) a new performance by Tsang in collaboration with Kelela and Ashland Mines; a symposium convened by Carlos Motta with Xabier Arakistain, Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, Giuseppe Campuzano, J. Jack Halberstam, Beatriz Preciado, Dean Spade, Terre Thaemlitz, Wu Tsang, Del LaGrace Volcano and Campbell X; a performance by Carlos Motta and Matthias Sperling; and a screening of works by Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz.

Videos
Pauline Boudry/ Renate Lorenz Q&A

Carlos Motta, Gender Talents:
A Special Address.

Wu Tsang: Wildness

Breakdown
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Related Links
Pauline Boudry/ Renate Lorenz
Tate Tanks Screening

Gender Talents: A Special
Address

The Movers

Wu Tsang, Wildness

Breakdown: Kelela, Ashland Mines
and Wu Tsang