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To theorise the sultry bitch is to put heat under the microscope and celebrate the atmospheric pressure of the erotic as it shatters lens after lens our attempts to observe her. We consider the voyeur’s sweat-soaked shirt sleeves as the realm of her productivity: to imagine knowing her is to engage in a subverted roleplay of decentralised inter-semiotic squirting. To what extent can the fluid of the body and the fluidity of bodies substantiate each other? We propose seeking queer embodiment through porous, radiant collective landscapes facilitated by dripping feeds, sensual exchanges, and thermodynamic transfers. We explore queer bodies as reservoirs and ducts to redistribute power, satisfaction, agency, and creative freedom.

A transformative event unfolds as boundaries dissolve, and the audacity of queer expression takes centre stage. QUEERDOS Kollektiv together with TRACE, supported by RomaTrial and Rom*nja in Power Theater kollektiv, tackle a journey into passion, queer desire, and erotic liberation dripping with raw music, sweaty emotion and hot poetry. The air is charged with electricity through soundscapes weaving melodic tapestries that resonate deep within the sacral vertebra.

 

THE SULTRY BITCH THEORY is a rallying cry, an invitation to dismantle societal boundaries and ignite a pansexual revolution of mind, body, and spirit. Within the depths of the sultry bitch theory lies a profound exploration of the erotic. It defies observation, dismantling preconceived notions and subverting traditional roles. The fluidity of bodies intertwines with the fluidity of desires, creating a tapestry of queer embodiment that radiates power, satisfaction, agency, and creative freedom. As the performance unfolds, the audience becomes not mere spectators but active participants in this transformative journey. They find themselves swept away, transported to a realm where norms are challenged and new narratives are woven. It is an evening of self-discovery, where the sultry bitch within each individual emerges, emboldened and unapologetic.

TRACE is a singer, songwriter, producer, performer and instrumentalist whose work is a self-technology, bound up in a bodily gendered experience. The Cologne-based artist authors her transgressive pop universe with soft falsettos, distorted guitars and deep guttural vocals embedded in electronic glitches. In her music and art, TRACE creates intimacy with emotional honesty, transmuting rage, grief and love into a unique vision of dream pop.

TRACE’s 2023 debut album, FUCKING AND DREAMING reveals her radical commitment to exploding preconceptions of how transness feels. Preceded in early 2023 by the searing queer heartbreak of YOU KNOCKED ON MY DOOR TO SEE THE STARS EP, FUCKING AND DREAMING is at once visceral and tender, exploring the transcendent universality of the trans femme perspective.

With just her computer, voice, guitar and effects, and informed as much by poetry as improvisation, TRACE intends to dissolve deliriously inside the music, liberated by the visceral scream of bodily, communal, humanistic hope.

 

ENTRY 16+

A QUEERDOS Kollektiv production

 

direction
Cat Jugravu

by|with
Jenny Browne
Nicky Miller
Pierre Emö
Danya Harvey

Music
Andrei Raicu

Live Concert
TRACE

Live Sound Engineering
Rey KM Domurat

Light Design
Ali Bay
Sebastián Solórzano

Costume Design
Anthony De Bono

Theoretical Assistance
Danya Harvey

Graphics
Pieter Defraene

Photography
Roni Lugassi
Ali Bay

 

This is a sultry bitch world therefore, the following will not be tolerated during our event: Transphobia, Homophobia, Biphobia, Racisms of any kind, Xenophobia, Sexism, Misogyny, Ableisms of any kind, Hateful Speech, Harassment of any kind, cultural appropriation in any way.