(A)S€X+ is an equation developed by House of Living Colors to embody the importance of including all variables of the sexuality spectrum in order to truly embrace the complexities and nuances of Sexuality. We begin with A for Asexuality to recenter Asexuality as a viable identity underneath the queer umbrella that is valid and beautiful. We emphasize the euro sign as a code for how black sexuality is used as currency, as well as how our bodies are broken down into something transactional. We end with + to embrace the excitement of sexualities that are unknown, undiscovered and wonderfully infinite. We pay homage to sex workers and sex educators who continue to trail blaze the bounds of sexual liberation and autonomy.
For this party, we invite those who fall out of, inbetween, and throughout the sexuality spectrum to enjoy a night of sensual and prudish performances from Lola Rose, Mandhla, GodXXX Noirphiles, Lux Venèria and King ZoZo. These salacious performances will be followed by the sweat dripping, mouth watering tunes of DJs AUCO and Bad Puppy.
This is GODXXX Noirphiles, The mother, father, single parent of House of Living Colors. With a disposition to provide care, nurturing and community building they created HOLC for those who were sick of being tokenized, sick of being extracted, and sick of being objectified. From California, and nomad of the world, their work centers Intersectionality, ancestral remembrance and ritual. Through naming themselves GodXXX Noirphiles they reclaim Love for blackness, both the mundane and magical negro, and the sexualization and the prude and so much more that black bodies endure.
Member of HOLC collective Founded in 2018, House of Living Colors (HOLC) is an open drag and performance collective particularly for queer and trans black indigenous and people of color (QTBIPOC) to explore the intersection of gender and performance. The house was created after several members in the house experienced poor treatment or exclusion from venues or organizations within the mainstream queer community in Berlin. The collective is made up of people from various backgrounds therefore the collective situates itself in an intersectional ideology and practice.
This is Mandhla, trans-feminine gender non-comforming body born and raised in Zimbabwe, Africa. As a current resident between Berlin and Cologne, she brings a blend of experimental R&B and Soul music intertwined with visual projections and performative dancing. Her music speaks of the daily trials that Trans*, enby and femme* immigrant bodies experience daily with love, identity, sex and acceptance. A strong lover of fashion, the art of voguing and music, she promises to bring to you an experience that takes you to a world of beauty and divine epiphanies through fierce queer representation and black femme* power.
Member of HOLC collective Founded in 2018, House of Living Colors (HOLC) is an open drag and performance collective particularly for queer and trans black indigenous and people of color (QTBIPOC) to explore the intersection of gender and performance. The house was created after several members in the house experienced poor treatment or exclusion from venues or organizations within the mainstream queer community in Berlin. The collective is made up of people from various backgrounds therefore the collective situates itself in an intersectional ideology and practice.
This is LUX VENÉREA, They have been with us since House of Living Colors’ conception. Her comedic charisma and way of recentering QTBIPOC through stand up has touched international audiences across the globe. From Bahia, and a speaker of 45 trillion languages, their work explores being- immigrant, Auslander, other, powerful, trans, multi racial, ambiguous, femme. Through naming themselves BUNDASKANLERIN they criticize the construct of whiteness and access without merit.
Member of HOLC collective Founded in 2018, House of Living Colors (HOLC) is an open drag and performance collective particularly for queer and trans black indigenous and people of color (QTBIPOC) to explore the intersection of gender and performance. The house was created after several members in the house experienced poor treatment or exclusion from venues or organizations within the mainstream queer community in Berlin. The collective is made up of people from various backgrounds therefore the collective situates itself in an intersectional ideology and practice.
This is KING ZOZO, baby King but clearly a Zaddy. From Haiti, yet moved to France in their adolescence, they explore gender commentary through iconic drag king performances that are filled with emotion, depth and pure talent.
Member of HOLC collective Founded in 2018, House of Living Colors (HOLC) is an open drag and performance collective particularly for queer and trans black indigenous and people of color (QTBIPOC) to explore the intersection of gender and performance. The house was created after several members in the house experienced poor treatment or exclusion from venues or organizations within the mainstream queer community in Berlin. The collective is made up of people from various backgrounds therefore the collective situates itself in an intersectional ideology and practice.
This is AUCO, founder of the Infinite Quest, a party series focusing on B2Bs as a method of hybridizing sets, exchanging skills, and uniting the local club scene. Their signature style combines daring and complex blends with a gritty sound palette, which originally encompassed new gen and deconstructed club tracks, but has since grown to incorporate newly-evolved genres as Gqom, Jersey club, as well as old-school Jungle, Garage, and Ragga. Protean as ever, their selection pays tribute to their South London roots while also activating a nexus between the robust histories and global milieus of underground clubbing culture.
membre du collectif HOLC Fondé en 2018, House of Living Colors (HOLC) est un collectif ouvert de drag et de performance particulièrement pour les personnes queers et trans de couleur (QTBIPOC), autochtones et Noir·e·x·s, pour explorer l'intersection du genre et de la performance. La House a été créée après que plusieurs de ses membres aient été maltraité·e·x·s ou exclu·e·x·s de lieux ou d'organisations au sein de la communauté queer de Berlin. Le collectif est composé de personnes d'origines diverses et se situe donc dans une idéologie et une pratique intersectionnelles.
This is Bad Puppy, trans femme creature from Iztapalapa (a district of Mexico City), that is living for a couple of years in Berlin. Their work floats around creating spaces for QTBPIOC, decolonization and clubbing. They have been part of House of Living Colours since the early beginnings of the birth of the house. Bad Puppy has collectively organized spaces and parties for and by trans* and non binary from the global south, building networks around other similar movements, people and ideas all over the world.
Member of HOLC collective Founded in 2018, House of Living Colors (HOLC) is an open drag and performance collective particularly for queer and trans black indigenous and people of color (QTBIPOC) to explore the intersection of gender and performance. The house was created after several members in the house experienced poor treatment or exclusion from venues or organizations within the mainstream queer community in Berlin. The collective is made up of people from various backgrounds therefore the collective situates itself in an intersectional ideology and practice.
