Kiki on Steroids!

http://www.mediamatic.net/id/55688 2012-01-12T01:43:25+01:00 Kiki on Steroids! Play with your gender

Women who want to be men, men who want to be women and everything in between. Mediamatic's exhibition Kiki on Steroids! was an intimate exploration of the world of transgenderism and self-representation on the internet. We showed the photoseries XXBoys by Kael T Block and Lupe by Bogomir Doringer. Plus there were workshops and activities so everyone could experience themselves what it was like to change from a man into a woman or vice versa.

Kiki on Steroids! ran from 18 October 2008 until 4 January 2009. The opening took place on the 17th of October at 20:00 in the presence of the artists. In the darkness of a labyrinth, visitors were confronted with XX Boys by Kael T Block. This French photographer took photographs of transboys: boys who used to be girls. Also on show was Lupe by Bogomir Doringer, about the complex and personal process of transformation from man to woman to man. This was supplemented by Women with Beards by Ine Poppe and Jetty Verhoeff. This project from 1997 consists of a collection of photographs of 'hairy babes of the month', that were originally revealed on the internet one by one, until they formed a complete year-calendar. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/66919/en/don-t-forget-to-bring-a-headlight-before-you"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/056/66919-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Don't forget to bring a headlight before you enter the maze! At the Kiki! on Steroids exhibition at Mediamatic." playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Don't forget to bring a headlight before you enter the maze! At the Kiki! on Steroids exhibition at Mediamatic. - Mediamatic.net" href="/66919/en/don-t-forget-to-bring-a-headlight-before-you">Don't forget to bring a headlight before you enter the maze! At the Kiki! on Steroids exhibition at Mediamatic.</a> My aim is to bring frivolous fun to manhood. I was waiting for somebody to reconstruct a new icon for me. Some icons made gestures in the right direction. but never went all the way - my way. So I was sick and tired of waiting and decided to become my own icon. You are as free as you allow yourself to be. Music itself does not discriminate gender, so that's why I use it to entertain. I am both king and queen. Lupe <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/57055/en/kiki-on-steroids-exhibition-opening-at-mediamatic"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/673/57055-400-244.jpg" height="244" width="400" alt="" title="Kiki on Steroids! exhibition Opening at Mediamatic." playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Kiki on Steroids! exhibition Opening at Mediamatic. - Mediamatic.net" href="/57055/en/kiki-on-steroids-exhibition-opening-at-mediamatic">Kiki on Steroids! exhibition Opening at Mediamatic.</a> <h3>Kiki Do It Yourself</h3> The exhibition Kiki on Steroids! challenged visitors to play with their own gender-identity. A series of Youtube videos demonstrated how you could -temporarily- change gender. With the free IkTag and the IkCam you were able to experiment with your new look and publish your pictures directly online. There were also special evenings with presentations and workshops to transform those who were present completely. The visitor was also given the choice to be photographed as half man - half woman, or let him or herself be restyled by professional make-up artists. <h3>ikikik! series</h3> Kiki on Steroids! was part of the ikikik! series about selfrepresentation on the internet. How do people present themselves online? The web is the ideal place to present a perfect version of yourself, by choosing to display only your most fashionable pictures, your coolest contacts and your most intellectual thoughts. But the internet is also the place where you can be yourself. You can spill your secret thoughts and worst fears, and find like-minded people to talk to. With Kiki on Steroids! we highlighted the strong online presence of the transgender community. <h3>Exhibition Team</h3> Tanja Baudoin, Alice Bodansky, Martin Butler, Ivan Kadelburg, Anuschka Linse, Bram Loogman, Mhairi Macfarlane, Katja Novitskova, Jans Possel, Willem Velthoven, Wikke van Weelderen. Kiki on Steroids! Play with your gender

Vrouwen die mannen willen zijn, mannen die vrouwen willen zijn en alles er tussenin. Kiki on Steroids! was een intieme exploratie van de wereld van transgenderisme en zelfrepresentatie op internet. Onder meer met de fotoserie XXBoys van Kael T Block en het werk Lupe van Bogomir Doringer. Er waren workshops en activiteiten om zelf te ervaren hoe het was om van een man in een vrouw te veranderen of omgekeerd.

Kiki on Steroids liep van 18 oktober 2008 t/m 4 januari 2009.De opening vond plaats op 17 oktober om 20.00 uur in aanwezigheid van de kunstenaars. In de donkerte van een labyrint werden bezoekers geconfronteerd met XXBoys van Kael T Block. Deze Franse fotograaf heeft foto's gemaakt van transboys: jongens die vroeger meisjes waren. Bogomir Doringer toonde Lupe, een werk over het complexe en persoonlijke proces van de transformatie van man tot vrouw tot man. Dit werd aangevuld met Women with Beards van Ine Poppe en Jetty Verhoeff. Dit project uit 1997 bestaat uit een verzameling foto's van 'hairy babes of the month', die oorspronkelijk één voor één op internet werden onthuld totdat zij een complete jaarkalender vormden. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/66919/en/don-t-forget-to-bring-a-headlight-before-you"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/056/66919-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Don't forget to bring a headlight before you enter the maze! At the Kiki! on Steroids exhibition at Mediamatic." playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Don't forget to bring a headlight before you enter the maze! At the Kiki! on Steroids exhibition at Mediamatic. - Mediamatic.net" href="/66919/en/don-t-forget-to-bring-a-headlight-before-you">Don't forget to bring a headlight before you enter the maze! At the Kiki! on Steroids exhibition at Mediamatic.</a> My aim is to bring frivolous fun to manhood. I was waiting for somebody to reconstruct a new icon for me. Some icons made gestures in the right direction. but never went all the way - my way. So I was sick and tired of waiting and decided to become my own icon. You are as free as you allow yourself to be. Music itself does not discriminate gender, so that's why I use it to entertain. I am both king and queen. Lupe <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/57055/en/kiki-on-steroids-exhibition-opening-at-mediamatic"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/673/57055-400-244.jpg" height="244" width="400" alt="" title="Kiki on Steroids! exhibition Opening at Mediamatic." playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Kiki on Steroids! exhibition Opening at Mediamatic. - Mediamatic.net" href="/57055/en/kiki-on-steroids-exhibition-opening-at-mediamatic">Kiki on Steroids! exhibition Opening at Mediamatic.</a> <h3>Kiki doe-het-zelf</h3> De tentoonstelling Kiki on Steroids! daagde bezoekers uit om zelf met hun genderidentiteit te spelen. Een serie Youtube filmpjes lieten zien hoe de bezoeker - tijdelijk- van geslacht kon wisselen. Met een gratis ikTag en de ikCam fotokastjes experimenteerde je met je nieuwe uiterlijk en kon je je foto's online publiceren. Regelmatig waren er speciale avonden met presentaties en workshops om je transformatie compleet te maken. Men kon zich als half man - half vrouw laten fotograferen of door visagisten. <h3>ikikik! serie</h3> Kiki on Steroids! was onderdeel van de ikikik! serie, over zelfrepresentatie op internet. Hoe presenteren mensen zich op internet? Het web is een ideale omgeving om een perfecte versie van jezelf presenteren door alleen je meest modieuze foto's, je coolste contacten en je meest intellectuele gedachten op je site te zetten. Internet is echter ook een plek waar je jezelf kan zijn. Je kan er eindelijk je diepste geheimen en grootste angsten kwijt en contact maken met mensen die zich net zo voelen als jij. Met Kiki on Steroids! belichtten we de sterke online aanwezigheid van de transgender gemeenschap. <h3>Tentoonstellingsteam</h3> Tanja Baudoin, Alice Bodansky, Martin Butler, Ivan Kadelburg, Anuschka Linse, Bram Loogman, Mhairi Macfarlane, Katja Novitskova, Jans Possel, Willem Velthoven, Wikke van Weelderen. Installation, Exhibition: - 4.89207 52.3631 8 ARTEFACT event exhibition 1