Drag is my politics

The panel revolves around the need of queer visibility such as drag within different lived realities – those of the big cities but foremost of the province and of the countryside. We will look at Drag and Queer culture as important tools of political and social change, as individual and collective instrument of resistance within the local and international context. 

What does it take to build Drag/Queer culture from scratch? Why do people leave for the big cities? How does Drag become instrumentalised by politics? These are only some of the questions AL (QMV) will discuss with Madame Léa, Lia Quirina and Eric BigClit.

Talk will be held in English and is free of charge.

Lia Quirina is an Austrian based artist and has been studying contextual painting with Ashley Hans Sheirl. In her* artistic practice she* transforms societal and gender issues into performances, installations, paintings and video. She* performs as a drag king.

Leandro Barros, also known as Madame Léa, was born in Santo André, São Paulo, Brasil. Studied fashion in college and came to Austria in 2021 to study at the Vienna Fine Arts Academy. Doing drag since 2018, having performed in events such as Frequency, Sziget, Kultursommer, and venues such as Kunstschatzi at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Tanzquartier Wien, Kunsthalle, Museums Quartier and many more.

Eric BigClit is Drag King / Monster doing Performances, Shows, Workshops. Focus is on queerness & genderfluidity, also in a collective way of being. Topics are DragWrestling, Drag, Speeches, Politics & Body, Post-Porn, Rap. 

AL is a queer communist activist from Kazakhstan and currently based in Vienna. Since February, they are a member of the Queer Museum Vienna collective with a focus on organizational and graphic design work.

The QUEER MUSEUM VIENNA is a non-profit and self-organised collective which believes in the impact and power of art. They fight the patriarchal structures and stand for the rights of the LGBTQIA+.