Ále Campos: A Cloak Dripping Femme

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Chicago Artists Coalition is pleased to announce A Cloak Dripping Femme, a solo exhibition by 2023-24 BOLT Resident Ále Campos.

A Cloak Dripping Femme is a solo exhibition by Ále Campos (also known as Celeste) that features all new works that expand on their desire to unfold the mechanics of self-realization through queered performance and drag. The works in the show come together to suggest the power of queering vision through the use of cameras, masks and masking and how they can be harnessed as strategies or tools for self-musing, self-reflection and understanding the nuances of the psyche.

The video A Cloak Dripping Femme and its sound (originally made for a live performance titled "onto a skin, highly reflective" performed at SITE/less this year) that includes an original text serves as a conceptual foundation for the exhibition as a whole.

The works in this exhibition have involved the collaborative efforts of many including Will Mitchell, Claire Flemming Staples, Tomm Roeschlein, Natasha Moustache, and Fick Patterson.

Image: Ále Campos, video still from a muse over a muse, 1 channel video, TRT ~12 min, 2024