An Introduction, Princess Bouton
KST Presents
Friday, July 17, 7:00pm
Streamed on The Show Must Go On(line) channel by City of Asylum
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An Introduction is a screening of video works by Portland based Black Transfeminine filmmaker and performance artist, Princess Bouton. The evening includes Bouton’s works Float Bitch, Breather, and Tickled Pink presenting a range of experiences and expressions of a bad bitch in the city.
The Show Must Go On(line) Pittsburgh, a project of City of Asylum, is our region’s first shared programming channel. It is a collaborative daily webcast that unites and streams programs created by Pittsburgh’s arts organizations. By bringing these creative forces together, The Show Must Go On(line) provides free access to high quality programs to connect artists and audiences and continue to build community around the arts.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Princess Bouton is a Black Transfeminine filmmaker and performance artist based in Portland, Oregon. She’s a Portland State University film graduate, class of 2020. She has a dance background that includes modern dance, ballet, and vogue and she often incorporates movement art in her films. Her work explores topics of intersectionality, self love, and body positivity. She extends an invitation for viewers to realize social change and black trans liberation and she unapologetically demonstrates what that freedom could look like. Princess Bouton is also a trained facilitator and activist in the Portland Kiki ballroom scene and is the princess of the kiki House Of Flora. princessbouton.biz
Photos Courtesy of the Artist