QUEER FRUIT TREE I

MIX NYC QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2010

LOCATION: MIX FACTORY, 151 1ST AVE, NYC

THE QUEER FRUIT TREE marks an inviting, comfortable space where folk can engage in projects of cultural continuation throughout the run of MIX 2010. It is an ongoing, interactive instillation for the duration of the festival. Entrance to installations is free.

THE QUEER FRUIT TREE MINGLES THE ARTIST’S AESTHETIC WITH ELEMENTS OF FOLK ALTERS, PARTICULARLY RADICAL FAE DEAD FAERIE CIRCLES, ACT-UP and MEMENTOS MORTI. THE INSTILLATION IS BEGUN. COME PLAY!

WE FEAST ON STORIES UNDER THE QUEER FRUIT TREE. WE SWING & MAKE MERRY WITH OUR ANCESTRAL SPIRITS, WE MAKE WELCOME KINDRED SPIRITS TO COME.

BRING GUITARS, BRING DRUMS, BRING MIX TAPES, BRING INCENSE. BRING STORIES, BRING PROJECTS, BRING SPIRIT. BRING PICTURES OF YOUR FAVORITE QUEERS, QUEENS, FAES & GENDERFUCKS. BRING COSTUMES, DRAG, YOUR VERY FAVORITE FACE PAINT. BRING TEA SETS AND COOKIES, YOUR FAVORITE TOYS, YOUR FAVORITE PEOPLE. BRING TREASURES TO HANG ON OUR COMMUNITY ALTER.

COME HARVEST A SEEDLING TO GROW A PERSONAL ALTER.

COME EXPERIENCE TWILIGHT ON THE LAWN AT ANY TIME.

WE GORGE ON OUR PASTS.

WE GENERATE NEW FUTURES.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE SWEET HARD LABOR OF AARON BLAISE, VERUCA LA PIRHANA, MILES DE NIRO, & THE AMAZING BUNNY OF MAGICNESS & CUPCAKES.

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THE QUEER FRUIT TREE HOSTED TWO SCHEDULED PERFORMANCES & FRAMED A CLOSING RITUAL:

BELIEVE IT OR NOT (E. HEARTE)

16MM FILM PROJECTIONS JUXTAPOSE IMAGES OF WORSHIP, RITUAL AND RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AGAINST THOSE OF QUEER SPACES, PROTEST AND PARADES. THESE FILMS, MEANT TO QUESTION THE NOTION OF GOD AND ADDRESS THE NEED FOR BELIEF, ARE DISTORTED WITH PRISMS, MIRRORS AND LENSES IN A 30-MINUTE IMPROVISED PERFORMANCE.

HOLD STILL MY SWEET (ROVING PARTY MACHINE)

A HUMAN BODY METHODICALLY COVERED IN ICING STARTS TO REVOLT AGAINST ITS DECORATOR, CREATING A GRADUALLY INTENSIFYING FOOD FIGHT CONTAINED WITHIN A CLEAR PLASTIC ENCLOSURE, ALLOWING THE AUDIENCE TO OBSERVE WITHOUT BEING COVERED. FOLLOWING, TWO HYPER-FEMINIZED WOMEN BATTLE TO OUT-DECORATE A LARGE CAKE BETWEEN THEM, IGNORING ITS SLOW DESTRUCTION AS THEY FRANTICALLY FIGHT FOR VICTORY. THIS PERFORMANCE EXAMINES THE BODY AS BOTH CONSUMABLE AND CONSUMED.

CLOSING RITUAL: I WOULD SHARE MY BLOOD WITH YOU (AARON BLAISE )

THIS PERFORMANCE IS A RITUAL-FRAMED INTERROGATION OF THE TENSIONS BETWEEN QUEER PAST& QUEER FUTURES, BETWEEN THE RECORDS WE MAKE TO REMEMBER, THE WEIGHT OF THAT REMEMBERING, & THE UN-REMEMBERING THAT PLAYS OUT IN OUR MINDS, OUR BODIES & OUR PRESENTS AS WE MAKE ANSWER TO CORE QUESTIONS OF QUEER CONSCIOUSNESS.