Drag Mother
Rosana Cade
Performance, 2015-Present
Part Drag show, part LGBTQI+ history lesson and part Sermon in honour of the beautiful art of queer relations:
Being mothers to our friends,
Friends to our lovers,
Lovers to Strangers,
And strange to our Mothers....
A queer, moist and milky celebration of the matriarchal by someone who doesn’t have any children. This two hour interactive sermon involves giant labia lip syncing sing-a-longs to iconic gay hymns and sacred cocktail breast feeding rituals from plastic bag tits.
Drawing from drag culture, queer kinship practices, and religious iconography, Rosana Cade takes on “Mother”, troubling the archetypes with an irreverent, camp, grotesque representation. This joyful and disarmingly vulnerable performance pokes at the boundaries between self and other, grappling with the slippery nature of giving and receiving care.
Originally conceived as an interactive installation for queer club nights, Drag Mother has developed into a two hour participatory sermon that audiences can come in and out of.
Part Drag show, part LGBTQI+ history lesson and part Sermon in honour of the beautiful art of queer relations:
Being mothers to our friends,
Friends to our lovers,
Lovers to Strangers,
And strange to our Mothers....
A queer, moist and milky celebration of the matriarchal by someone who doesn’t have any children. This two hour interactive sermon involves giant labia lip syncing sing-a-longs to iconic gay hymns and sacred cocktail breast feeding rituals from plastic bag tits.
Drawing from drag culture, queer kinship practices, and religious iconography, Rosana Cade takes on “Mother”, troubling the archetypes with an irreverent, camp, grotesque representation. This joyful and disarmingly vulnerable performance pokes at the boundaries between self and other, grappling with the slippery nature of giving and receiving care.
Originally conceived as an interactive installation for queer club nights, Drag Mother has developed into a two hour participatory sermon that audiences can come in and out of.
Upcoming Performances
Past Performances
Steakhouse Live (Slow Sunday)
London, England
Beursschouwburg
Brussels, Belgium
Impossible Bodies
Mousonturm
Frankfurt, Germany
Queer B-Cademy
Kampnagel
Hamburg, Germany
Steakhouse Live Queer Salon
Sutton House
London, England
Horseplay
Bristol, England
DRAG MOTHER HOUSE OF LOVE MANIFESTO
Mother, Mother is a verb.
Mother is a doing word…
Not all women are mothers.
Not all mothers are women.
Not all women have vulvas.
Not all people with vulvas are women.
Your gender is yours to decide.
Choose Mother, mother fucker.
Drag Mother was created with artistic support from johnsmith, and is currently supported artistically and technically by Siân Baxter.
Photos © Itaya Diehl, Greg Goodale, and others
DRAG MOTHER HOUSE OF LOVE MANIFESTO
Mother, Mother is a verb.
Mother is a doing word…
Not all women are mothers.
Not all mothers are women.
Not all women have vulvas.
Not all people with vulvas are women.
Your gender is yours to decide.
Choose Mother, mother fucker.
Drag Mother was created with artistic support from johnsmith, and is currently supported artistically and technically by Siân Baxter.
Photos © Itaya Diehl, Greg Goodale, and others