Friday, February 24, 2017
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM (CT)
Arts and Events
Contact
Alex Davenport
618-543-5618
Department
Communication Studies
Link
https://calendar.siu.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=35021
In Service of Venus
Written, directed,
and performed by Anna Wilcoxen
Our age of digital matchmaking and “hookup” apps—of
swiping left or right—and unprecedented growth in service industries denigrates
the “worth” of certain bodies: femme and feminized bodies, fat bodies, and
disabled bodies. This show uses solo and group performance to reveal
connections between digital romance and labor in the service economy, explore
the precarious lives of the workers, and demonstrate that the panic to retain a
youthful body--or else be deemed worthless--is no longer confined to the world
of finding love. MATURE THEMES.