With support from the California Arts Council, OX will develop and produce the collaborative performance piece Two Rooms, and associated free educational community research sessions. The collective research is crucial to the project, shaping its direction and final content. The final performance includes community research and presents the same experimental dance/drag solo performed simultaneously by lead artists Cornelius and Gabriele in two separate, but adjacent studios for intimate audiences. The audience may choose to cycle between rooms throughout the performance. Drawing on content/imagery from myths of the Minotaur/Labyrinth it explores themes of monstrosity, otherness, and hybridity. Structurally, the piece reflects on togetherness and collectivity despite distance/separation, and moving forward through the uncertainty.
OX’s core annual programming consists of monthly experimental and cabaret nightlife events, WorkMORE! a semi-annual commissioning platform for performing artists working within Drag’s expanded field, 2-3 performances annually in theaters, galleries, museums, storefronts or public spaces. OX also provides free performance and finance workshops for artists.

