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Ben Fears

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  • Home
  • Projects
    • "Please Hold"
    • Qu!et For The Neighbors
    • "Jester"
    • Happening
  • About
    • Manifesto
    • Resume/CV

"PLEASE HOLD"-QUEER POP PERFORMANCE ART

"Please Hold" is 90-minute Queer Pop Performance inspired by the experiences of transgender and Queer call center workers during the pandemic. Through music, storytelling, and collaboration with brown, Queer, and trans artists, the piece interrogates how Queer identities are performed—strategically or out of necessity. This staged reading

"Please Hold" is 90-minute Queer Pop Performance inspired by the experiences of transgender and Queer call center workers during the pandemic. Through music, storytelling, and collaboration with brown, Queer, and trans artists, the piece interrogates how Queer identities are performed—strategically or out of necessity. This staged reading represents the intersection of scholarship, organizational work, and creative practice.

Gallatin Arts Festival PerformaNce 2023

Development in Karen Finley's "PerformaNce Matters" class

"Please Hold"'s development began as a sound art piece, exploring what makes a vocal performance gendered and the intersection of distance and intimacy that comes from being a call center employee. 

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