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A New Drag Ritual
Trans-Guanyin, an exhibition curated by Trans-Guanyin Collective, a group of students from the international SAC department at Taipei University of the Arts, opened today. Bard is contributing two works - one live performance with Taipei’s...
Indonesian Shadow Puppetry and Drag Storytelling
When I was in Yogyakarta I made it a mission to research the craft, characters and storytelling of wayang kulit (Indonesian shadow puppetry). I had been writing it into my play Ontworteld for the past few years, but I did not know how it ac...
You Have an Indonesian Face - It's A Compliment
My Grab and Gotjek drivers tell me when I hop on their motorbikes to travel around the city of Yogyakarta. I am here on a minor programme cross-collaborative study and creative residency. I’ve been wearing my own face for a while, but Bard...
Drag as Cultural Amplification
In 2023, I was about 4 years into my drag practice. I changed my drag name and streamlined my lore. Bard is braver than me, an inspiration, because it wasn’t until I did all that that I could think about my own transition. Drag is wonderful...
Amid Stars and Clouds: Creating Drag Alien Performance in Digital Worlds, Part Five
I finished my Twine project, a text-based game playable online, in early 2025 and let it sit. In the aftermath, I researched how I could join the worlds of writing, live performance and game. I looked for games featuring drag - and to be fa...
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