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Queer maximalism x Machine Dazzle, edited by Elissa Auther ; texts by Mike Albo, Elissa Auther, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, Sally Gray, Taylor Mac, Machine Dazzle, madison moore, David Román, and Kalle Westerling

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158)

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Queer maximalism x Machine Dazzle

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1305439710

edited by Elissa Auther ; texts by Mike Albo, Elissa Auther, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, Sally Gray, Taylor Mac, Machine Dazzle, madison moore, David Román, and Kalle Westerling

"Machine Dazzle is the much-in-demand designer and artist behind popular cabaret, drag, and performance stars such as Taylor Mac and transgender icon Mx. Justin Vivian Bond. For the first time, his over-the-top stage creations, made for himself and others, are collected here alongside stage environments, ephemera, and photos from his career. In Machine Dazzle's world, costumes are transformative objects with world-making capacity. The artist's "queer maximalism" encapsulates a more-is-better attitude to making and creating, which looks to counter elitist notions that spectacle and extravagance are vapid. For him, these associations are embraced as queer for their affirmation of hybridity and the rejection of hierarchies of every kind. On the occasion of a major exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design, curator Elissa Auther brings together an expansive collection of essays and reminiscences from fellow performers, historians, and cultural critics that consider every aspect of Machine Dazzle's rich body of work."--, Publisher's website

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