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SATURDAY OCTOBER 9, 2010
CLICK + DRAG 3.2/ AGE OF AQUARIUS
SANTOS PARTY HOUSE
96 LAFAYETTE STREET NYC
10 PM-4 AM
$20 ADVANCE, $25 AT DOOR (CASH ONLY AT DOOR)
BOX OFFICE
21 AND OVER, I.D. REQUIRED
CLICKNYC.COM
ADVANCE ($20) TICKETS ON SALE THROUGH NOON ON 10/9 OR EARLIER IF SOLD OUT
The pioneering "Cyber/Fetish/Gender-Hacking" party CLICK + DRAG, which
ushered out the 20th Century in style and was reborn in 2008, announces
its third annual Future-Spectacle for October 9. Two of Click's founding
producers - director and visual artist ROB ROTH and nightlife impresario CHI CHI VALENTI of THE JACKIE FACTORY will stage
this year's epic CLICK + DRAG 3.2/ AGE OF AQUARIUS at the suitably
Aquarian venue SANTOS PARTY HOUSE. CLICK 3.2/ AGE OF AQUARIUS is a two
floor, evening-length epic, preserving the night's strict dress code,
elaborate installations and stage shows, and pansexual mix of
fetishists, artists, gender-hackers and "Glam Nerds."
The Age of Aquarius - the Utopian "New Age" of unity and love - has
either begun or is beginning, depending on which astrological sages one
believes. Regardless, the Aquarian themes of humanism, peace, rebellion,
idealism and philanthropy are already ascending, by way of computer
networks and other new tools and in the growing acceptance of
non-traditional religions and belief systems. As the brutal,
materialistic Age of Pisces draws to an end, values shift towards
spiritual rebirth and planetary harmony. To the CLICK + DRAG producers,
the Aquarian ideal compliments the neo-tribalism of many Click
participants and the mixing of masculine and feminine traits into
countless unique new genders, a recurring theme of this spectacular
"gathering of the tribes".
With this Utopian brew as inspiration, CLICK + DRAG 3.2 will feature
multimedia works directed by ROB ROTH with light shows by SETH KIRBY and
BROCK MONROE of the JOSHUA LIGHT SHOW and the contributions of dozens
of creative collaborators. Highlights will include performances by
neo-burlesque performance artist NARCISSISTER, RUMI OF THE FABULOUS
COCKETTES!, vocal she-goddesses AMBER MARTIN and LADY RIZO, neue cabaret
troupe THE PIXIE HARLOTS, and Method Go-Go icons including bodybuilder
(and Click 3.2 cover girl) ROXANNE EDWARDS, and costume cultists FALON and MASHALA.
The evening also features costume design by longtime Click couturier
GARO SPARO. DJs on two floors will include JOHNNY DYNELL (VANDAM), SEAN
B (SPANK) ANGELO and JOHANNA CONSTANTINE (NYC) and TEXAS SAGE (SF) playing a
futuristic soundtrack that runs the gamut from sixties psychedelia to
electro house.
A STRICT CYBER/FETISH/TRIBAL DRESS CODE WILL BE COMPLETELY ENFORCED:
WEAR AQUARIAN FLOURISHES, GLITTER BEARDS AND MERKINS, RESPLENDENT RAGS,
PAGAN CHIC, WATERFALL HEADDRESSES, TURQUOISE PAINT, GODDESS OR
TRANS-GODDESS, BODY-ADORNED or CYBER, FETISH, TRIBAL, GENDER-HACKING,
FAERIE, GOTHIC OR BRILLIANT BLACK. ABSOLUTELY NO STREET CLOTHES OR
MUNDANES - NO EXCEPTIONS.
CLICK + DRAG began as the Saturday-night weekly at CHI CHI VALENTI's
experimental MOTHER nightclub in 1996 and ran for four years in over 200
themed editions. The new hybrid was evolved by Roth, Valenti, fashion
designer KITTY BOOTS and journalist ABBY EHMANN and explored the
interface between nightclubs and computers as CLICK + DRAG built a
fanatic following. When MOTHER closed in 2000, they launched CLICK +
DRAG 2.0, a monthly edition at Chinatown's FUN, which thrived until the
events of 9/11/01. CLICK + DRAG 3.0 introduced its new annual format at
a 2008 reboot at SANTOS, and followed up with last year's stunning CLICK
+ DRAG 3.1. Both editions brought out five hundred or more enthusiastic
attendees in extraordinary costume, and were widely documented online.
Do NOT miss the once-a-year chance to participate in this completely
unique New York club spectacle.
Press contact CHI CHI VALENTI at THE JACKIE FACTORY NYC -
events@jackiefactory.com or facebook.com/chichivalenti
RELATED LINKS
Official Website
Click + Drag Facebook Group
Click + Drag 2009 Report on Flickr
Rob Roth rob-roth.com
The Jackie Factory jackiefactory.com
PLUS!
OPENING OCTOBER 13
SHOW RUNS 10/13-10/31
BACK TO THE FUTURE
ROB ROTH PHOTOGRAPHS FOR CLICK + DRAG
THE WILD PROJECT
thewildproject.com
In conjunction with this year's annual edition of CLICK + DRAG, THE WILD
PROJECT is pleased to present BACK TO THE FUTURE, a solo exhibition of
photographs by ROB ROTH. The works in this exhibition were created
specifically for the spectacular New York club event. Created between
1999 and 2001, most of the photographs selected for the exhibition were
shot for Click's much coveted and collected flyers. The flyers depicted
an eclectic mix of rock stars, dominatrixes, transsexuals, strippers and
fetishists. Necessity was the mother of invention for Roth, who shot the
portraits in his small Manhattan studio apartment with KITTY BOOTS as
stylist and MARLA BELT on makeup.
Despite Roth's reputation as a pioneering digital artist,
the majority of the images were deliberately shot using 35 mm film and
printed on the now discontinued Fujiflex paper, with absolutely no
retouching. The results were small color prints that possess a striking
oversaturated, jewel-like quality and present the subjects as iconic
patron saints of desire, transformation and sexuality. Three of the
images in this exhibition are more recent digital portraits made for the
new large-scale annual incarnations of Click + Drag between 2008 and
2010. But regardless of year or venue, the images all share a common
love of beauty, transformation and above all, the night.
Press contact ROB ROTH at doubler@rob-roth.com
Image: CLICK 3.2 Invite, photo and design, ROB ROTH, models ROXANNE EDWARDS (center) with NICHOLAS GORHAM (left) and EUGENE SOLDATOV. Costumes by GARO SPARO,
Makeup by MARLA BELT.
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