It’s on Facebook, so it’s official now.
The Mark Aguhar Memorial Grant Winner:
Kiam Marcelo Junio is a multidisciplinary artist living in Chicago, IL. He works in multiple media including photography, video, printmaking, installation, burlesque, and performance art. His research and art work centers around queer identities, the Filipino American diaspora, and post-colonialist Asian American tropes and stereotypes, and military and civilian power dynamics.
Jerry Blossom is Kiam’s alter-ego, a genderqueer Filipino male bodied femme-presenting persona, obsessed with assimilating into Western culture and beauty standards.
Kiam served seven years in the US Navy. He was born in the Philippines and has lived in the US, Japan, and Spain. He is also a registered Yoga teacher.
Congratulations also to the Critical Fierceness Grantees, Rami George and Betsy Odom!
Come join us this Saturday at Chances at the Hideout to celebrate!
The Hideout Inn, 1354 W. Wabansia, Chicago
**THIS SATURDAY NIGHT THE MARK AGUHAR MEMORIAL GRANT AND CRITICAL FIERCENESS GRANT WINNERS FOR WINTER 2012 WILL BE ANNOUNCED**
HOSTED BY VAJAQUEQUE BROWN
FEATURING DJS SWAGUERILLA AND LADY MISS NAVY PIER
5 DOLLARS
*DOORS FOR CHANCES AT MIDNIGHT*
http://chancesdances.tumblr.com/
More links:
www.iamKiam.com
OMG Jerry Blossom
New video art in progress: Yoga with Kiam and Jerry Blossom
QUEER POWER!
Wes Perry, Sissy Spastik, Darling Shear, and Mister Junior
Photography by Kiam Marcelo Junio, 2012
Some of the fiercest people I know.
PLEASE REBLOG! Queer performers need more exposure!
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A few people have confused me with Ongina from RuPaul’s Drag Race.
That’s a fierce-ass compliment and I’ll eat that shit up every single time.
Preview:
Mister Junior (of Vaudezilla Burlesque fame) for iamKiam Photography
Chicago, IL
