BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//http://www2.movingimage.us//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.23// X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260409T210207CEST-1482VeUpzv@http://www2.movingimage.us DTSTAMP:20260409T190207Z DESCRIPTION:\n With Miss Expanding Universe and J Triangular in conversatio n with Tiffany Joy Butler \; \; \n \n\n\n \n\n2017\, 45 mins. Digi tal Projection. Filmed and edited by J Triangular. Written and performed b y Ashley Yang-Thompson (aka Miss Expanding Universe). A cross cultural col laboration between the artists J Triangular and Ashley Yang-Thompson\, thi s experimental video journal extends performance art into the everyday\, d aring to imagine a surreal world of intimacy between kindred spirits who w ander\, dance\, sing and simply live in New York City. Through the dreamli ke blur of the VHS aesthetic\, we hear the empowering\, curious poetry of Miss Expanding Universe\, encountering a film rooted in queerness\, that d iverges from heteronormativity through expressive language and a nonlinear structure. \; \n\n \n Note: The film contains some sexually explicit language and profanity.  \; \n \n \n Organized by Tiffany Joy Butler  \; \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets: $15 ($11 seniors and students / $9 yo uth ages 3–17 / Free or discounted for Museum members). Order tickets onli ne. (Members may contact members@movingimage.us with any questions about b enefits and making online reservations.) \n \n \n View the Museum’s tic keting policy here. For more information on membership and to join online\ , visit our membership page. \n \n \n \n J Triangular is a Colombia-born and Taiwan-based independent curator\, queer poet\, do-it-yourself video artist and analog photographer. They are the editor and founder of RUB\, a n online zine and exhibition. They make art projects that address themes a s counterculture and music\, queer community identity\, self-empowerment a nd camcorder activism. \n \n \n The product of a Chinese immigrant and a white polygamist from Fort Scott\, Kansas\, Miss Expanding Universe has been a performance artist since the day she was ruthlessly shoved out of t he safety of her mother’s womb. She works in a wide range of media\, from hyperrealist oil paintings to coloring book memoirs to VHS Poetry. Current ly based in Great Barrington\, MA\, she distributes a weekly graphic haiku \, Worm House. \n \n \n \n \n \n Tiffany Joy Butler is a curator\, write r\, educator\, and artist. A daughter of a Black American and Puerto Rican family\, her work wrestles with stories of rebellious\, humorous curiosit y. She is the founder of Hot Cabinet\, a nomadic video screening initiativ e. Her experimental films have screened at VIA Festival’s Afronaut(a) 4.0\ , Queens Museum\, Museum of the Moving Image\, and A.I.R. Gallery. Her mem oirs have been published as part of the Bodega Monthly Anthology\, Muchach a Zine\, and Telling Our Stories Press. She has been a resident at the Ver mont Studio Center and the Wassaic Project and she recently completed the AIM Fellowship of the Bronx Museum. She graduated with a BFA from Alfred U niversity and currently resides in The Bronx. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DTSTART:20191208T160000 DTEND:20191208T173000 LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room SUMMARY:Lunch Poems in VHS Tapes END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR