Tiresias announces
Vangeline in Quantum Physique at Chocolate Factory
May 10, 2025
22:00 - 04:00
Tiresias Presents Quantum Physique (WHEN YOU SWEAT / I FEEL WET) is an experimental performance art rave for transcendental beings. Featuring dance, butoh, and performance activations all night by Vangeline, Jarrett Key, Mizuho Kappa, Gage Spex, God Complex, Kennie Zhou, and Tiresias, and techno sets by Johanna Constantine, Vile, and Fashion.
“I invited Vangeline because I have been a great admirer of her work for a long time, and I have at last found the perfect project––a butoh-infused experimental art rave about embodiment, catharsis, ecstasy & entanglement––to inaugurate our long-awaited collaboration,” said Tiresias.
Tiresias is a hybrid writer, director, composer, performer, puppeteer, curator, producer, mythmaker, shapeshifter, drag-thing, songbird, ritualist and oracle based in Brooklyn. Recently called “a rara avis of experimental theatre” by The New Yorker and “one of the most enchanting performers in New York City” by The Brooklyn Rail, their work explores queer ecologies, weird mythologies, and speculative futures.
Tiresias has developed more than 20 original theatre productions on 3 continents, and presented performances at venues such as Joe’s Pub, MoMA PS1, Ars Nova, the cell theatre, The Brick, HERE Arts, La MaMa E.T.C., Postmasters, Ballhaus Berlin, Agung Rai Museum of Art, Bali Purnati Center for the Arts, IKLECTIK Art Lab, CLF Art Cafe, Ace Hotel New York, The House of Yes, MaHalla Berlin, the Edinburgh Fringe, and The Chocolate Factory. They have received residencies and grants from MacDowell, the Princess Grace Foundation, the Jim Henson Foundation, the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Teravana, The Puffin Foundation, The Mercury Store, the cell theatre, the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, and Awesome NYC, as well as Luce, Marshall and Fulbright fellowships.
JOHANNA CONSTANTINE is a New York-based DJ and dance artist. In 1992 she formed avant-garde drag theatre troupe, Black Lips Performance Cult, with musician and artist Anohni. As well as performing in the Future Feminism collective, Constantine has collaborated on Tate installations with filmmaker Charles Atlas and projects with sound artist William Basinski. Constantine infiltrates both the art world and New York club scene with equal force. https://www.instagram.com/johanna_constantine/?hl=en
FASHION is an Asian American transsexual diva, designer, artist, and DJ based in NYC and sometimes Berlin. She would describe her musical style as an eclectic digital fusion: often combining the yin of trance (feminine, passive, chaos) and the yang of techno (masculine, active, order). Fashion is influenced heavily by her international identity, digital millennial upbringing, and the burgeoning cultural hub of New York which you can hear in her undefinable yet global sound.
VILE is a Colombian DJ and producer living in NYC. Hailing from the city of Eternal Spring (Medellin), Vile has an insatiable passion for innovation, crafting a sonic experience that captivates and challenges in equal measure. Drawing inspiration from subterranean worlds, Vile blends genres with a joyful command of rhythmic grooves, industrial sounds, and dark melodies. Always pushing boundaries, Vile weaves sonic tapestries between dimensions. https://www.instagram.com/tightcorsetloosemorals/
TIRESIAS is an award-winning performance artist, puppeteer, curator, director, producer, and ritualist. Recently called “a rara avis of experimental theatre” by The New Yorker and “one of the most enchanting performers in New York City” by The Brooklyn Rail, their work explores queer ecologies, weird mythologies, and speculative futures. They have presented original performance works at venues such as Joe’s Pub, MoMA PS1, Teatro Lúcido (CDMX), Ars Nova, La MaMa E.T.C., Postmasters, Ballhaus Berlin, Agung Rai Museum of Art (Bali), IKLECTIK Art Lab (London), and MaHalla Berlin. www.evansilver.net
JARRETT KEY (b. 1990, Seale, AL) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. An MFA graduate from RISD Painting, Key was named one of Forbes’ 30 under 30 for Art and Style in 2020. Excavating lost stories and the oral histories that defined their upbringing in rural Alabama, Key’s work seeks to criticize those historical conditions that are the seeds of contemporary issues in their life, while creating spaces that celebrate beauty, joy, and survival. Key has been featured in exhibitions and residencies at 1969 Gallery, Fierman Gallery, the RISD Museum, La MaMa Galleria, The Columbus Museum, Gallery 67, Swiss House/MGLC, Galerija Kresija, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Caelum Gallery, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Outlet Fine Art, Former Pfizer Pharmaceutical Factory, Secret Dungeon, La Maison D’Art, Shanghai Theater Academy, and East Meet West Gallery, among others. Key’s work is included in the permanent collections of the The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection, the Columbus Museum, Brown University, RISD Special Collection, the Schomburg Center, the Museum of Modern Art Library, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, among other institutions. https://www.jarrettkey.com
MIZUHO KAPPA is a multidisciplinary Artist, Choreographer, and Entomologist. Her choreographic works have been presented at The Shed, Kennedy Center, the Brick, The Gene Frankel Theatre, KnJ Theater and many more. Currently she has been an associate artistic director of dance theater company "Project TAG", also danced with Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, Yoshiko Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks among other companies. She starred in the dance film "Sole", which premiered at Lincoln Center this year. https://mizuhokappa.com
GAGE SPEX grew up in Western Massachusetts, where, at a young age, they fell in love with fashion through older movies, like those of Judy Garland. Gage later moved to San Francisco to attend art school, eventually settling in NYC. Gage became heavily involved with the nightlife scene, opening venues like Dreamhouse and Spectrum. Gage also describes coming to terms with the fluidity of her gender, dealing with safety in the queer party scene, and his move away from venue-centered parties. https://www.instagram.com/gagespex/?hl=en
AEON ANDREAS is a director, choreographer, writer, and performer based in Brooklyn. He has spent fifteen years in experimental theater and nightlife and has built a following as a drag performer named God Complex. Aeon creates joyful, wild, maximalist, hyper-theatricalized events that blend drag, theater, dance, installation art, and fabulous parties. All of Aeon’s performances + events center the queer experience and are based upon detailed world building. https://www.instagram.com/g0d.c0mplex/?hl=en
KENNIE ZHOU is a NY based Chinese producer, director, and multimedia artist. Kennie produces and creates highly stylized work, using CGI, AI, and physical production. Graduated with honors from NYU Tisch, Kennie has produced and directed projects with 88Rising, Bytedance, Mute Records, etc., featured by the New York Times, CNBC, iD, Vice, Hyperbeast, Nowness, The Rolling Stones, The Fader, Pitchfork, etc. https://kenniezhou.com
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