It's now a quick count down till I leave for Berlin and things are going well so far. I set up this blog to talk about my trip through Europe for the next 6 months and will be reporting on all the amazing things I see and people I meet, hopefully convincing you to drop everything and join me for the party!
This specific trip started with an invitation to perform in a drag show in Bremen, Germany while I was at Queeruption 8 in Barcelona, June 2005. I performed 'Crying over You' by Roy Orbeson on a whim (as I'd been practicing that song) and with no background music and a magic marker mustache I sang to a squat wear house full of international queers. So, here I am, heading back again... making the dream real, performing and showing films, going to find parts of myself across the sea.
My trip will begin on September 20th- seattle-nyc-london-hamberg and then staying with my amazing friend Eleni. After that I have the drag show in Bremen on September 24th and then I go to Berlin! I have two shows set up in Berlin right now- Oct. 10th I will be doing a half hour set of drag/burlesque between dj's at a Lesbo night in a gay/lesbo bar in Berlin-Friedrichshain called "Himmelreich." It will be written up closer to the date is a German magazine- so check it out: (http://www.siegessaeule.de/index.html) The next night I will be screening a porn I recently shot/directed/edited in Seattle with a friend called "Grinding Gears." It will be showing at a queer night at one of Berlins sex clubs.
After that, I think I will be heading for Milan with my good friend Devon Divine from San Francesco (of JUNK and Mala Queerque- www.malaqueerche.com) and my dearest Tina (dj Tony) who is a part of the Pornflakes Italian queer collective. Pornflakes (www.pornflakes.it) is throwing a party in Milan that we will be going to and Devon is screening JUNK and I will be screening my films as well!!!
"Travel Queeries," the feature length documentary film I am working on producing with my friend Margaritte Knezek, about European queer art and activism, will find out if grant funding comes through in November, and if so then I will be traveling more to do pre-production research on location in Nov/Dec!
That is the plan for now. I will most likely try and work some in Berlin and write and such. I'm really excited to see what will happen.
Please stay tuned to hear about what happens next and tell your friends about this site!
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