SIN WAI KIN FKA VICTORIA SIN

ACT 1 PART 3 OF A VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE / ILLOCUTIONARY UTTERANCE, 2018, 2021 SINGLE-CHANNEL VIDEO, HD, COLOUR, SOUND, 5’54” COURTESY CHI-WEN GALLERY

Renowned drag queen Victoria Sin combines drag with multimedia art forms since 2013. Alternative narration is the aesthetic prominence of her video works. in “Act 1 Part 3 of a View from Elsewhere” she performs a multimedia fantasy on the experience of desire, shame, and identification of the material queer body, featuring sound design by shy one. In “ Illocutionary Utterances” a high definition close up of Victoria Sin’s lipsync in drag makeup is played over a sound piece exploring the role that speech acts play in the ascription of gender. Speech acts that ascribe gender outside of a subject’s control are compared to speech acts of self-identification, while overpainted lips mime exaggerated attempts to sync with an altogether different soundtrack.