*ge𝓃der *re𝓋eal *𝓅arty

Performance and installation envisioned, conceptualized, designed and performed with Andreas Berzdorf and Guillermo Cárdenas; in collaboration with Cakethingzzz.

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A performance that serves up a critical take on gender reveal rituals.
Slicing through a curated menu of symbolic and edible cakes, it exposes the ties between Western gender construction and the systemic violence against trans* people and those who do not conform to the binary.

The menu unfolds as a sequence of 4 courses, more or less digestable:

First, comes the CONSTRUCT CAKE, a creation that materially represents the unyielding gender binary within Western culture. It’s a stark reminder of the societal construction of gender, served with a side of critical thought.

Then, the FEED ME, LIKE ME a virtual cake that questions how "sharenting"—the practice of parents sharing their child's life online—extends the binary gender narrative into the digital world, assigning an identity even before the child takes their first breath. Here, you are invited to consider the aftertaste of these online overshares and their role in shaping a future identity.

The tasting continues with the ULTRASOUND JELLO, an edible treat that stirs up the medicalised approach to gender, and how medical practices set the stage for binary thinking, often without questioning the ingredients.

For the final course we propose the CIS-TEMIC BABYCAKE, created in collaboration with Cakethingzzz. The cake offers a dense critique of the social, political, and economic structures that marginalise those who fall outside the norm.

Food for thoughts.

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*gender *reveal *party has been exhibited and performed in Eindhoven at Koelhuis in and at United Cowboys during DDW 2024.