Doors at 7:00pm, Performance at 7:30pm
Cost: $10 suggested donation, pay at the door
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
Description: Let the Devil Devour Me is an experimentation devoted to intervening on the Subject's compulsion to amend their subjectivity on behalf of the Other. Transmutation free from the pressure of the spectator. Performance unencumbered by the imaginary demands inherent to the frame. A selfhood expressed through inarticulable utterance. An art practice which locates itself as a mirror image of the Subjects' drive toward freedom. Previously the artists collaborated on TITLED ARC, which began as a re-interpretation of scenes from film and tv in which Trans and/or Queer characters were played by Cis and/or straight actors. This performance is a cosmic continuation of that performance, centering the artist's experience rather than re-occupying an historic dead space.
Bios: Ryan OByrne is a queer transdiciplinary artist from Buffalo, NY. Ryan grew up in a working class family. Ryan’s work is deeply influenced and inspired by critical reflections of labor, exploitation and psychoanalysis. Ryan is a graduate of The Juilliard School and was the recipient of The Michel and Suria Saint Denis Prize for Leadership in Drama. Ryan has shown work in New York City at Danspace, Judson Church, Dixon Place, White Columns, Governor’sIsland Art Fair, with AUNTS, Brooklyn Arts Exchange and in California at DAC Gallery, Highways Performance Space, Redcat, PAM Residencies, The Box gallery through a six week residency with Pieter Performance Space and in Oakland at The Starline Ballroom, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and Drugstore Kansas City. Ryan has also been an assistant director to many award winning directors and has taught acting across the country.
Camila Camaleón is a paradigm shifter and TransFemme Queer archivist based in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Ángeles. Her spatial exploration centers bridge-building via joy, playfulness, and power as 2SLGBTQIA+ to the center. In the main narrative of LA County the San Gabriel Valley region is often forgotten, and it is her artistic desire to spark change in the landscapes and soundscapes that are beyond this world. Her gallery debut in 2021 was powered by Reach La’s exhibit, Movement Through Cataclysms, a photo exhibition highlighting trans thought and contestación, Black queer intimacy, and Indigenous futurity. Last April she completed a 6 week residency collaboration at Pieter Performance Space, hosted by The Box LA, which explored film and television trans characters that were played by cis and/or het actors. Last June she joined Celebration Theatre’s first run of Tales of the Transcestors. Tales of the Transcestors, part of the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Outside of the performance space, she is a multi-fascinated writer, community advocate, and Board President for the SGV LGBTQ+ Center. Visit camilacamaleon.com to find out more of her personal story, and sgvlgbtq.org to hear more of our non-profits magic!
Location/parking: Street parking is available, plan for some time to find parking.
Accessibility note: There will be walking to The Great Hall, no stairs.
This performance was made possible with support from the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Project Grant