Rats Live On No Evil Star

A collaborative collective that seeks to foster and support underground performance and mixed media art.

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Mermaid Tinder (fishr™), 2014 by Chloé Rossetti, part of Reflections on Black: Mediating Dead Communication. May 8th at the Silent Barn.

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PEOPLE ARE BETTER WHEN YOU STARE AT THEIR FACEBOOK ALL DAY RATHER THAN ACTUALLY TALK TO THEM by Jaime Wright, part of Reflections on Black: Mediating Dead Communication (May 8th at the Silent Barn)

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Untitled by Quay Quinn Wolf, part of Reflections on Black: Mediating Dead Communication

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NightLife Web by Grave, part of Reflections on Black: Mediating Dead Communication

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Reflections on Black: Mediating Dead Communication

(May 8th at the Silent Barn)

       In an age where information and interaction can occur digitally or rather where Google can document every action we make through e-mail, marketing, and now glasses; technology has impacted the way we live, and subsequently, the way we die. This showcase aims to create a dialogue with the performative and visual surrounding the concept of dead communication. The very nature of having using performance art to diffuse this concept creates a dichotomy, for the live is tangible, interactive, and is based on temporal settings that can not be repeated.  

       What does it mean to engage with dead communication? What is the outcome when said information doesn’t reach the intended receptor, and yet reaches everyone else? Much like Bartleby’s experience of working with dead letters in Bartleby the Scrivener, how does one cope with experiencing information that will never reach an intended person? How does this function in the digital age where information/modes of communication are made accessible to all, and subsequently stored forever? How do we reconcile and subsequently mediated physical death with technology. This showcase/exhibition will explore how this concept is made applicable across a variety of mediums.

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Reflections on Black: Mediating Dead Communication

May 8th, 2014 at the Silent Barn ("Pleasure Jail" venue) 8:30 p.m.

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Shimmering Glitter Trash

“If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.”--Quentin Crisp (The Naked Civil Servant)

Rats Live On No Evil Star is proud to present: Shimmering Glitter Trash; a performance art show we hope to be the first of many performances to come. For our inaugural performance we chose the theme of glitter and trash. Two topics that generally exists on opposite ends of the spectrum. For glitter is meant to attract and trash/abject is meant to, on one level, deter or repulse. The coupling of these two creates a visual dichotomy that is further explored through the process of embodiment in performance art. Trash, on one level operates as a failure to produce something of value, or something that is worth preservation. And thus, like failure, trash can be used a style or at least according to queer legend Quentin Crisp. The style of trash is frequently featured within the language of queer/alternative (sub)culture. Their use of trash or the abject is to point out the modes of classification that exists when defining what can be considered normative behavior or performance in society. Glitter on the other hand, has long been considered an enduring signifier for queer communities, princesses, and dance competitions. Its shimmering appeal is intrinsically tied to the spectacularization of the object, thus attracting the viewer with its shine. This temporal exercise in the performative revue seeks to explore the nature of theatricality and the purpose of embodiment through these two aesthetics. As well as understanding how the performer’s use of the abject through the spectacle (in this case glitter) acts as a social commentary on sexuality, gender, and dissonance in society. Ultimately through the process of seduction and repulsion these performances seek to provide transformative experiences for both artist and viewer alike.