Sep 29th 2018

Icuqts: International Chicago Underground Queer Transcendance Symposium

@ ICUQTS

2134 S Troy St, Chicago, IL 60623

Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 10AM - 4PM

On view through Sunday, September 30th

TrQpiteca presents Icuqts:
International Chicago Underground Queer Transcendance Symposium, September 29-30, 2018, Chicago, IL

Icuqts is an interdisciplinary festival celebrating creative cultural engagement with local and international queer (LGBTQIA+) communities through exhibition and curation of visual art, installations, performance art, live music, panel discussions, workshops, community organizations, and vendors in Chicago on September 29 & 30, 2018.

ICUQTS is a part of EXPO CHICAGO ART WEEK 2018, and is sponsored in part by Propeller Fund, La Vinata, Chicago Sound Co., and TrQpiteca.

PROGRAM:
Saturday September 29, 2018 1pm – 9pm
Performances by: M. Lamar Music, Orb Box, Feldspar Rhodochrosite (Clothilde Cook), NAXÖ (Mirza N. Shams), Niña (Liz Ferrer & Bow Ty Enterprises Venture Capital), Jared Brown, Sasha NoDisco & Sara Goodman
Workshop: ‘Intentionality, Healing, and Manifestation Through The Ritual of Skincare’ facilitated by Itunuoluwa Ebijimi of Petty Butter Petty Crocker
Keynote on “Economic Transcendence” by Ingrid LaFleur of AFROTOPIA and EOS Detroit

10pm – 4am: Icuqts 2018 After Party

Sunday September 30, 2018 1pm – 9pm
Performances by: Zemmoa [B!TCH3Z Productionz], Keijaun Thomas, TRQPiTECA (live), Ariel Zetina, Po’Chop, LadyDaddy (Hanna Brock)
Workshop: ‘Stimming for Mindfulness’ facilitated by Sorel Estrada Volpe of Frill-Ability Inc.
Panel Discussion on Queer Health: “Healing Our Communities”

Both Days:
VISUAL ART BY Ally Almore, Andy Bellomo, Betsy Stout, Croak Proveda & Olive Stefanski, Cheryl Acuña, Chloe P ONeill, Christopher Sonny Martinez, Colectivo Multipolar, Eloise Sherrid, Erin Bliss, Florix, Janie Bootsie Stamm, Jasmine Clark, Joelle Antonio, Jonathan Korotko, Ken Folk, Kyle Paco Gammon, Manal Kara, Natalie LaChall, Natalie Woodlock, Pete Brooks, Sara Heymann, Sofia Moreno, Stormé Legacy, Tesh Silver, Violet Eckles-Jordan

VIDEO & FILM BY Amina Ross, Ciriza, Fannie Sosa, Hereaclitus Here Vernon, Elizabeth Mputu, S. Nicole Lane, and Sky Heyn Cubacub (Rebirth Garments)

BYOB from our sponsor La Vinata, “La Casa del Tequila” “The House of Tequila”!!! Located less than a block away from the venue!

LIMITED Early Bird Tickets available by donation at: https://icuqts2018.brownpapertickets.com/

1 DAY EARLY BIRD DONATION: $12
2 DAY EARLY BIRD DONATION: $20
1 DAY GENERAL ADMISSION DONATION: $15
2 DAY GENERAL ADMISSION DONATION: $25

Your donation will go directly towards the cost of production, artists, and will go towards the future of Icuqts!

ICUQTS IS AN ALL AGES EVENT!

Icuqts is created and presented by TrQpiteca: a Chicago-based artist duo and production company creating space for local and international artists working with queer and tropical aesthetics to experiment and thrive. Since 2015, co-founders Natalie Mercedes (La Spacer) and Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero (Cqqchifruit) have curated this cultural platform as an intersection between art, queer culture, and dance music, with the intention of fostering creative engagement with the diverse communities of which we are a part.

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY:
The building is accessed through a grassy parking lot. The first floor where the vendors, community organizations, film & video screenings, workshops, and guest speakers will be is wheelchair accessible, including the restrooms. The second floor where the performances and visual art will be is not wheelchair accessible. However, Performances will be viewable from the first floor screening room through a live/audio video feed. Additionally, visual art displayed on the second floor will be viewable digitally via monitor or projector. Wheelchairs users interested in attending please contact icuqts.info@gmail.com with any further questions!

Contact, press, and sponsorship inquiries: icuqts.info@gmail.com

More information at:
www.icuqts.com
www.trqpiteca.club

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