Kiki on Steroids! at N8

DIY Sex Change during Museumnight 2008

1 Kas 2008
1 Kas 2008

It was a night filled with performances, workshops and music, all relating to the exhibition Kiki! on Steroids.

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Female / Male make over @ Kiki at N8! - 1 november 2008. De Kiki museumnacht werd erg goed bezocht. De hele avond waren er mogelijkheden voor een DIY sekschange met de photobooths en de visagisten van House of Orange. Het Barberini Ensemble speelde 17e en 18e eeuwse muziek met zang van een contratenor met hoge stem. Zij werden later in de nacht opgevolgd door een DJset van DJ Lupe en Vitamin K. Het Buttkraaker Collective gaf een performance en bracht een piercing installatie mee. Foto door Piet van der Meer. Piet van der Meer

Here's an overview on what was going on:
19:00 - 02.00 Exhibition Kiki on Steroids and DIY Sex Change
19.30 & 20.30 & 21.30 Barberini Ensemble with countertenor
20.00 - 00.00 Man/woman make over, with the make up artists of House of Orange
22.30 - 23.00 Buttkraaker Collective, piercing installation and performance
23.30 - 02.00 Deejays Lupe and Vitamin K

On arrival, visitors were given tiny headlamps and were lead along side the labyrinth that dominated the exhibition space. Inside, an intimate photoseries called xxboys by Kael T Block was presented. Kiki On Steroids! dealt with transgenderism and selfrepresentation on the internet. Ine Poppe and Jetty Verhoeff joined Kael T Block with their presentation Women with Beards and Youtube videos showed us how to change sex.

There was music from the 17th and 18th century from Frescobaldi and Monteverdi (among others), especially for Kiki @ N8 with a countertenor, a very high pitched male voice. The Barberini Ensemble consisted of:
Francine Vis - mezzosoprano
Jean-Sébastien Beauvais - countertenor
Francesca Thompson - recorder
Anja Engelberg - viola da gamba
Maximilian Ehrhardt - arpa doppia

Plus the visitors had a chance to get a man / woman make over by the make up artists of House of Orange.