“Beer! Beer!” showing at YIKES! festival: a celebration of awkward performance
Ticketing Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yikes-a-celebration-of-awkward-performance-tickets-424973415927
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2337132499772084/
What makes you squirm at a performance? What if that is done on purpose? YIKES! digs into these possibilities in a full-on awkward-art extravaganza on Sunday, Oct 9, at the Forum Factory in Mitte (Besselstr 13-14). Tickets are €15-20 sliding scale, and cover the entire day of events, including a panel discussion, public reception, and showcase performance.
At the heart of YIKES! is the exploration of so-called "awkwardness” in performance, where more than a dozen or so artists skillfully and deliberately play with the expectations, feelings, and reactions of the audience, using various art forms such as drag, music, physical theater, video art, and dance. The focus is on absurdity, vulnerability and "discomfort" as an artistic strategy.
“There is that part of the saying that I always think about: ‘art should disturb the comfortable,’ “ says YIKES! director Cameryn Moore. “Art that shakes us out of complacency, disrupts our collective status quo, has truly radical potential in these times.”
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
5pm: Panel discussion with selected artists and the hosts Jo Sordini and Cameryn Moore
6 pm: Short film screening with films by Anali Goldberg, Louise Ashcroft, Popo Fan, Rosie Gibbens, Ty Wardwell and Ethan Folk
7 pm: Reception with food installation by Chris Paxton, awkwardly served by Duckie L‘Orange
8 pm: Performance show with Anali Goldberg, Cikacé Lestine, Dom Engel and sub, Liad Hussein Kantorowicz, Michaela Maxi Schulz, Nympho-Ménage, Sasha Kills, Uli Pilwax
COVID PROTOCOLS: YIKES! is simultaneously being live-streamed for home viewers. For in-person audiences, YIKES! is a 2G+ event. All attendees must either bring in a test-center result or take a Schnelltest at the door. Please bring a mask.
YIKES! is sponsored by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. // Gefördert durch die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.