Bird la Bird Performative Artist's Talk

When: Saturday 6th February 2016, 19:30-21:30

Where: 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH

Tickets: FREE - Available on Eventbrite

As part of Queer Film Festivals as Activism: An International Symposium, we are pleased to announce a performative artist's talk from international renowned performance artist Bird la Bird.

Fresh from numerous international successes including a residency at the National Portrait Gallery, we are intensely excited and honoured to offer this special, one off performance from Bird la Bird. Bird la Bird is “a shell-breaking performance artist who puts the camp back in communism and the fun back in feminism”. Under the streets of Manchester, a new plot against femme-invisibility is hatching! Be there to see it take flight, or miss out!

Bird on Film
In her usual charismatic style Bird la Bird will present a curate’s egg of an event. In this performative artist’s talk Bird will show examples of her work that have been influenced by cinema and TV reminiscing on the impact of queer film on her life and art. Bird will show footage of her performance alongside some of her most memorable films including Orlando by Sally Potter and Raspberry Reich by Bruce LaBruce. She will also discuss the impact lesbian and queer filmmakers such as Pratibha Parmar and Campbell X have had on her life, including how she got from sitting in the audience to being on the screen.

Titckets for Bird la Bird's performance ONLY available here for FREE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bird-la-bird-tickets-19932305061 

Tickets for the full event, Queer Film Festivals as Activism: An International Symposium, available here for £20/£10: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-film-festivals-symposium-tickets-19931999146 

Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to disability equality. If you have any access requirements, please let us know via 0161 247 6710 or email us at h.darby@mmu.ac.uk before you arrive to help us to make sure that your visit to the event is as enjoyable as possible