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The 4th wall is a theatre term for the invisible wall between performers and the audience. When performers speak directly to the audience it’s considered breaking the 4th wall. As the sociologist Erving Goffman’s dramaturgy suggests, we are constantly performing our identities. The interviews on this page were an attempt to enquire beyond the performativity of self.

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Jun 26

Jun 26 An intangible place called home

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Melbourne-based artist Leili’s first solo show, Chahar Bagh, is as much an exercise in solidifying identity as it is uncovering the elusive rewards of being neither here nor there.

Jun 8

Jun 8 The Huxleys Are Performance Art’s Answer to John Waters

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(First published in VICE 06/07/17) Respectively raised in the suburbs of the Gold Coast and Perth, the Huxley’s longed for something with more danger and glamour.

Mar 4

Mar 4 A body-modifying ‘hybrid human’ on their life and tattoo power

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(Abridged version first published in DAZED & CONFUSED magazine, 03/03/17) Touka Voodoo has actively used body art and modification to transcend the notion of binaries.

Sep 22

Sep 22 Trash Drag Aesthetic

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(Things & Ink, issue 11) "I think it’s a real big kick and liberation once you’ve put on a face and the costume and you go out in public. You become a character, a different person, and so people respond to you differently.”