Event Description:

ANTICONFESSIONAL : MISTRIAL is a participatory performance by queer performance artist and activists Telmo Branco (Germany/Portugal) and Ren Mauney (Germany/US). You are invited to join us on July 6th for this artistic intervention, this political workshop, an interrogation of self and citizen, nation and body. We will be your hosts, facilitators, and fellow un-citizens in an immersive experience in which we question together the State of things and dare not only to imagine otherwise, but to do otherwise. Together.

This is a practice of queer abolition, an attempt at restorative justice, a question of why we remain allegiant to what has been designed to harm us.

This encounter will last in total around 90 minutes. By purchasing a ticket, you are acknowledging this performance will be documented via video and photography and you may appear in the footage.

This project is funded by THE MAP FUND and hosted by Culture Mill (Saxapahaw) and The Fruit (Durham).

For more information about the artists, you can check out our websites at:

https://www.renmauney.com

https://telmoqbranco.com

Accessibility:

This performance is participatory and you will be invited to engage in moments of dialogue and reflection. However, your participation is never obligatory and you are welcome to engage as you see right for you. We trust that each person has their own agency and a sense of their own boundaries which will be respected and approached with care and consideration.

This performance discusses the topics of sexual and familial violence, although never in descriptive, detailed, or confessional ways. Intimate violence is framed within a psychopolitical discourse.

The space and the performance are wheelchair accessible.

The work is accessible to folks with vision impairment, however for specific accommodations in this regard please get in touch with: renmauney@gmail.com

The work is unfortunately not accessible to folks with audio impairment at this time.

Performers will not be wearing masks, but you are welcome to and we encourage a rapid test beforehand to support those of us who might be immuno-compromised.

Ticket Tiers/Pricing:

Free for formerly incarcerated folks

$5 - discounted ticket

$10 - normal ticket

$15 - solidarity ticket

You are free to choose the ticket price that is right for you and your current situation. All artist proceeds from the ticket sales will be donated to a local restorative justice organization.