Lucky Star: superstar. (Virtual) Performance video art by Pioneers Go East Collective at The Brick.

What does it take to be a star? A Meta creative journey

Curated by Theresa Buchheister/ Artistic Director The Brick. Performed & written by Bree Breeden, Daniel Diaz, Anabella Lenzu, Kurt Phelan. Video performance featuring Activist, writer Agosto Machado. Written & directed by Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte; written & production design by Philip Treviño; choreography Beth Graczyk; cinematography Kathleen Kelley; video recording Jon Burklund; sound design Ryan William Downey.

Cinematography for Anabella Lenzu’s video performance by Todd Carroll.

LUCKY STAR is a hybrid performance and video-art installation inspired by icons of the performance art scene in the 1960s & 1970s. Borrowing vaudeville fabulousness to celebrate queer bodies, and the objectification, creative endurance, and pursuit of artistic stardom, LUCKY STAR discusses identity and sexuality in a universal and playful storytelling platform. Inspired by pop icons such as legendary performer Josephine Baker, singer Klaus Nomi, and radical filmmaker Tom Rubnitz, the project borrows drag and vaudeville fabulousness to celebrate otherness. Queer, trippy, and irreverent, with performers cast as alternate-universe superstar versions of themselves, LUCKY STAR is an experiential performance that invites viewers to witness stories of queer resilience, beauty, and the pursuit of artistic stardom.

Photo credit: Todd Carroll

Virtual performance: For more info go to The Exponential Festival, or to RSVP email: pioneersgoeast@gmail.com