TBA:19 Institute
In conversation with Jaclyn I. Pryor, Anthony Hudson / Carla Rossi (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) shares insights into the TBA performance Looking for Tiger Lily (Solo), including how the performance serves to queer acenstral storytelling practices, artistic and pop-cultural references, and stereotypes of Native identities.
* This conversation will be ASL interpreted
ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS
JACLYN L. PRYOR is a physical theatre artist and performance studies scholar specializing in devising and queer/transgender cultural production. Their first book, Time Slips: Queer Temporalities, Contemporary Performance, and the Hole of History, examines the capacity of performance to rewrite histories of racial and sexual violence, as well as to reveal queer futures not determined by past harm. Since 2018, Jaclyn has been teaching in the Theatre Department at Reed College. They received their PhD in Theatre from the University of Texas at Austin with an emphasis in Performance as Public Practice. More at jaclynisaacpryor.com.
ANTHONY HUDSON (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, performer, and filmmaker perhaps best known as Portland’s premier drag clown, CARLA ROSSI, an immortal trickster whose attempts at realness almost always result in fantastic failure. Together they host and program Queer Horror—the only exclusively LGBTQ horror screening series in the country—bimonthly at the historic Hollywood Theatre. In 2018, Anthony was named a National Artist Fellow by the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, a Native Launchpad artist by the Western Arts Alliance, and an Individual Artist Fellow by the Oregon Arts Commission in 2019. Anthony’s first solo as Carla Rossi since 2014, Clown Down: Failed to Mount, will premiere at PNCA this November, and Anthony’s first professionally- produced theatrical play—a multi-actor version of Looking for Tiger Lily commissioned by Artists Repertory Theatre—will make its world premiere in May 2020.
ABOUT TBA:19 INSTITUTE
TBA Conversations are an opportunity to hear directly from festival artists about their practices, processes, and the ideas behind their work through presentations, panel discussions, and dialogues with guest artists, curators, and scholars.
All TBA Conversations are FREE of charge and take place on the PICA Patio unless otherwise noted. TBA:FOOD service will be available, including grab-and-go lunch, snacks, and drinks.
Please note that some conversations will be ASL interpreted.
The PICA Patio is ADA accessible. For any other access needs or requests, please contact the TBA Box Office at boxoffice@pica.org or 503-224-PICA.