Welcome to UNCENSORED 17-18-19 May London. A three-day festival exploring art at the intersection of pornography and activism. If you like this event why not buy a festival PASS to have full access to the programme whilst making big savings.
Liad Hussein Kantorowicz is a performance artist, activist, and perpetual migrant. Her performances deal with de-exotifying and de-mystifying the positions of so-called sexual or political deviants. In them, the body is used as a tool to transgress the boundaries of the public space, and to call into question the public‘s ‘democratic’ limitations.
Liad Hussein Kantorowicz will be bringing to UNCENSORED, PUSSY. This performance is not just about pussy. But it‘s all about pussy.
Can we use our pussies as a tool to defy the current world order? It’s 2019, and pussy is still a central site of discrimination against women – whether through child-bearing and motherhood or through presenting the feminine as sexual objects/subjects, or other means. Have a pussy and you will inevitably experience discrimination. With this in mind, this performance asks: should we centralise our pussies and utilise them to form a resistance? Or, perhaps, we should de-centralise our pussies in resistance, in hopes that this de-centralisation will decrease the level through which we are essentialised as women?
Inspired by Carolee Schneemann’s Interior Scroll and by thai ping pong shows, the show mashes up some lecture-performance-style texts along with a very naked body, choreography, lipstick, live music, serving in drag, and, of course, pussy.
It features 2 songs co-written by Liad Hussein Kantorowicz and Hanno Stecher, aka Kalpour. It was created with the gratuitous input of Kathy Ann Tan, and with the help of a residency at Betonest, Germany.
PUSSY has been premiered at the 10th Berlin Biennale at the MasturBar events program, curated by Fabiana Faleiros.
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Please arrive to your venue 15 minutes before your event begins to register and present your I.D.
You can only attend the events you have purchased tickets for. No tickets will be available on the door, an exception is the Saturday night party.
The Yard theatre have a bar serving drinks and food, the venue is only accessible to festival goers and there is a permanent exhibition for you to explore.
ACCESSIBILITY
The Yard Theatre and Hub 67 are wheelchair accessible and both have gender neutral toilets. Please email if you require an access companion ticket. If you have any specific requirements to enable you to attend your event please contact us in advance of arriving to the venue info@uncensoredfest.com.
BSL INTERPRETED EVENT: UNCENSORED’s ROUNDTABLE: WHO IS AFRAID OF PORN?
Sunday 19 May 2019 @ 19:30-21:30 The Yard Theatre
This is a free event but you must book your ticket in advance HERE .
SUBTITLED SCREENING The entire Friday programme has subtitled screenings.
Book your tickets HERE.
COMING TOGETHER If you have the financial means to help a fellow ally during the festival, and want to SHARE THE PORNY LOVE, then why not buy them a ticket? This is an anonymous service, providing tickets for those who otherwise would not be able to attend. You do not know who you have paid for and they do not know who has paid for them.
To find out if you are eligible for ‘COMING TOGETHER’ or want to find out more about the scheme then check out our website HERE. Any unclaimed donations will contribute towards covering the running costs of UNCENSORED.
Nudity and sexual interactions: You will not be required to be naked. For practical workshops loose fitting, comfortable clothes are advised. Even though some workshops may have physical exercises, sexual contact as such is in no way required.
Safety, respect and consent: Your wellbeing is vitally important to us. Please read our SAFE SPACE POLICY before attending the events.
SPACES ARE LIMITED SO PLEASE BOOK EARLY.
Find out more about the events and the full programme HERE: (www.uncensoredfest.com).
We can’t wait to meet you and to explore these themes further.