Photo courtesy of Dark Matter
Expect poetry, comedy, fashion, storytelling, and a purposefully chaotic mixture of all of the above as DarkMatter debuts new and remade works developed at Mount Tremper Arts. In #ItGetsBitter, Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian share stories of navigating the world as trans South Asians, delivering stinging critiques of the personal and political while also imagining new ways of being and resisting together. #ItGetsBitter is generously sponsored by Chronogram magazine.
“DarkMatter upends the sacred cows of mainstream LGBT politics with sly wordplay and sardonic humor.” — Advocate
“… takes down the patriarchy, heteronormativity, and racism with verbal jabs and witty pummels.” — Kajal
About the Artists
DarkMatter is the trans South Asian performance art duo Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian. Based in New York City, DarkMatter regularly performs to sold-out houses and was recently part of The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival, Lincoln Center’s La Casita Festival, and the Queer International Arts Festival. Known for their quirky aesthetic and political panache, DarkMatter has been invited to perform on stages across the world.
Performance Program