Born in Flamez ft Muxxxe, Lilly Pfalzer & Rebecca Pokua Korang Body Politics (CTM 2021)

In Body Politics, originally shown as part of CTM Festival 2021’s online programme, Berlin’s Born in Flamez and dancers Lilly Pfalzer and Rebecca Pokua Korang collaborate with masked Mexican performer Muxxxe in a piece that makes use of voice, bodies, electronics and plastic waste. Body Politics sees the artists explore ideas of gender, transformation, physical expression, the body and censorship against the backdrop of the current global rise in authoritarianism. CTM says: “As forms of oppression become structural and thus invisible, the artists ask how we might shape and use queer spaces in the face of curfews and quarantine, express our love and care while in isolation, and channel anger and despair together in a world that feels like it’s entering its final chapter.” The piece was shown as part of CTM’s trans/local series, commissioned works that were originally live-streamed from Silent Green’s Betonhalle venue. Each performance in the series links a Berlin-based artists with other creative