QUEERING MASCULINITY, a trilogy.
Project on Hold Due Covid-19
Queering masculinity, a trilogy, consists in three autobiographical solo performances, which explores, interrogates and subverts notions of gender. Each performance has autobiographical material as a starting point. These performances can be seen independently. The three solo performances are:
e l m a c h o 0.2
This performance is the 1st of ‘QUEERING MASCULINITY trilogy. This performance is an autoethnographic solo built under one single question, what is a [queer] macho?. The performance explores this question using as a trigger autobiographical material – the death of the author’s father. The performance should be experience as a question, as an inquisitive autobiographical gaze into the author’s masculinity, and the power of performance as a transformative process. This performance is a further development of “el macho performance”, research output of my PhD in theatre and performance.
Domingo 7
This performance is the 2nd of ‘QUEERING MASCULINITY trilogy. In Latin-American culture, the biological function of fatherhood is one of the most important masculine gender performances. Therefore, men without offspring are regarded somehow as failed men. Domingo 7 explores the relationship between fatherhood and queer masculinity. In a way this performance, as the previous is built upon a question: who am I as an adult male without offspring? A lesser macho? An almost macho? A deficient macho? This performance explores the tension between queer macho and the biological function of fatherhood. This performance uses an abortion’s story as narrative material.
Utopia
This performance is the 3rd of ‘QUEERING MASCULINITY trilogy. This performance aims to builds an imaginary universe for queer embodiments of [masculine] gender performances. This last performance is a queer-manifesto, a queer-fairytale a queer final punchin my attempt to perhaps momentarily subvert toxic, ortodox performances of masculinity.
2020 Australia and New Zealand Performances venue and dates to be confirmed.
ESPAÑOL
el macho 0.2 es un solo autoetnográfico creado sobre la base de un interrogante: Qué es un [queer] macho? . Este solo explora esta pregunta usando como gatillo material autobiográfico – la muerte del padre del autor. Este montaje escénico debe ser visto como una interrogante, como una mirada autobiográfica inquisitiva a la masculinidad del autor, y por sobre como un efecto del poder transformativo de una performance.
Domingo 7 En la cultural lationamericana, la función biologica de la paternidad es una de las performances de género masculino más importantes. Ser un hombre y no tener hijos es visto, de alguna forma, como una masculindad fallida. Esta performance, como la previa, es construída en base a una interrogante: Que tipo de hombre soy sin hijos? Un macho inferior? casi un macho? Un macho deficiente?. Esta performance explora la tension que existe entre [queer] macho y la funció biologica de la paternidad. Esta performance una la historia de un aborto como material narrativo.
Utopia. Esta performance crea un universo imaginario para la encarnacion de masculinidades queer. Esta performance es un queer manifesto, un queer cuento de hadas, el golpe [queer] final a mis intentos, talvez momentaneos, de subvertir masculinidades ortodoxas y toxicas.
2020 Fechas y venues para las funciones en Australia y Nueva Zelanda por confirmar. Projecto suspendido debido a Covid-19
Jaime Dörner 