I am the cook of a queer kitchen for characters. Who wants to come out?
Where’s the seasoning? I’ve had a nonbinary Hebrew angel, a trans Dionysus,
a drag dragon, and an agender winter spirit inhabit my physical form.
Each mythic persona is meant to serve a new dish on the table.
Lailah externalizes her/my spiritual awakening.
Dionysus realizes his/my ideals of re-normalizing nudity.
Darastrix serves in reaction to the history of womanhood and
investigates the strange and magical beginnings of her/my childhood.
Perchta practices durational performance and processes its/my Austrian heritage.
The correlating zines are meant to bridge a gap between individualistic
literature and the collective interdisciplinary mnemonic tradition of passing on stories. A book is (mostly) written and published once, zines are reprinted and rewritten, and mnemonic stories change and transition forever. My zines serve a kind of poetic function that focuses on a message while straying from the usual linearity of literature.
Both zines and my character’s performances serve as an invitation to myself
and others to be free in the creative process. My goal is to lean further towards
a sense of collective creative work in this ongoing series. I invite anyone
inspired to create their own interpretations of Lailah, Dionysus, Darastrix
and Perchta, whether in their mind, or in painting, collage, performance,
narration, poetry, or any form of creativity. Would you join my queer kitchen?