KELLEY A. MEISTER
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Charlay Bboots Presents...the work of Kelley a. Meister, 2007-2008

In these performances, I have been using the academic setting of a lecture to explore how the Queer body fits and distorts the institutional structure. The character Charlay Bboots serves as a voice through which I show my work, but also as a subject of the work. Charlay adopts the language, codes, and standards of the institution in order to deconstruct our placement within the structure while also maintaining an intentionally ambiguous or even confusing gender identity. In adopting such academically imposed structures like academic language, Charlay helps to bring awareness to the ways in which language is used within this setting, specifically as a tool of control and power.
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  • Home
  • About
    • Artist Statement / Bio
    • Résumé / CV
    • Contact
  • Artwork
    • CURRENT WORK
    • Interdisciplinary >
      • HotZone
      • RadMaps
      • AtomicTourist
      • Last Vacation
      • The World is Falling Apart and So Are We...
      • Welcome to Coal Country
      • Seducing Those Who Are Afraid
      • Charlay Bboots Project
      • Neither Here nor There...
    • Media Art >
      • Now I am become Death...
      • Where Do We Go From Here?
      • What Is My Queertopia?
      • Fault Lines
      • An Account of My Favorite Food
      • Chalkboard Drawings
      • Revolting Queers
      • Super Tough
      • Crush Project
      • Photography
    • Installation >
      • Fallout Shelter
      • Containment
      • The World is Falling Apart and So Are We...
      • Cry
      • The Cage Project
      • Come and Dance with Me
      • One Hundred Cops
    • Performance >
      • Last Vacation
      • The World is Falling Apart and So Are We...
      • Welcome to Coal Country
      • Dearest
      • Grammar Lesson
      • Bolo Project
      • Seducing Those Who Are Afraid
      • Take a Bite Out of You
      • Neither Here nor There...
  • Conspirators
  • Desire Lines :: Blog