Author: AnohniFrom June 1992 to March 1995, in the midst of the AIDS crisis in NYC, Blacklips Performance Cult emerged from the queer underground. Initiated by ANOHNI, the collective left a sustaining impression on New York’s late night subculture, melding hysterical drag, surreal horror, and disconcerting tenderness. This volume lays bare the group's archives in photographs, scripts, and the assembled ephemera from more than one hundred and twenty of its original "plays". As Blacklips Performance Cult, ANOHNI and his fellow cabal of artists, drag queens, punks, nightlife veterans and students, performed a new play every Monday night at 1:00 a.m. at the Pyramid Club on 101 Avenue A. Featuring images from newly digitized film and video recordings, texts from participants and audience members, and an introduction by Lia Gangitano, this expansive collection introduces to the twenty-first century the short-lived and ruthlessly creative phenomenon that was Blacklips.ISBN 9781944860530. Anthology Editions. hb. 492 pages. 1717 ills. 27.9 x 27.9 cm.out of print
