Ich Bin Ein Auslander ::
Peformed at Hedonism, a “Sex
and Subculture” party.
It was at the height of the Pauline Hanson and one nation drama
and all the performers this night were asked to respond to Pauline
and her merry Nazis. Somehow the party name and theme ended up
being Hedonism. Bit of a clash I thought.
I wanted to explore in this show the notion that in even the most
politically correct of us there is still residual hatred and xenophobia
passed on from our social conditioning. Damage and hindrance to
our growth which are the bruises on white skin of being raised
in a hateful culture. Incomparable to the bruises bashed into non
white skin but essential to purge if we are to be honest with ourselves.
By removing the swastika in my skin and the stitches holding my
mouth shut I invited the audience to share in squeezing the hate
out like the rancid boil it is.
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