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Whiskey Chow
Whiskey Chow, London-based performance artist and Chinese drag king. Her art practice engages with broadly defined political issues, covering a range of related topics: from female and queer masculinity, problematizing the nation-state across geographic boundaries, to stereotypical projections of Chinese/Asian identity. Her performance is interdisciplinary, combining embodied performance with moving image and experimental sound pieces. Whiskey studied MA Contemporary Art Practice (Performance) at the Royal College of Art and graduated in 2017. Whiskey has been involved in feminist and LGBTQ activism in China since she was 20. She has been working closely with local queer communities in Guangzhou, contributing as actor, co-playwright and sound designer in the production of For Vaginas’ Sake (Jiang Yin Dao Du Bai Dao Di, the original Chinese version of The Vagina Monologues). Whiskey has been active in community-theatre-based gender education in southern China. She has also led a number of queer cultural events, curating the first Chinese LGBTQ music festival (Airen tongzhi yinyuehui, Lover Comrades Concert) in Guangzhou in 2013.