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The two artists Lu Chieregati and Feña Celedón are interested in crossing dissident experiences with ecology, migration, decoloniality and transgenderism. As the collective M0nster.L4b they link choreographic studies to the artistic phenomenon of drag, transvestite and its hybrid identities. They are researching queer methodologies and ways to expand drag and choreographic practice through the creation of artistic works and ongoing research. Lu Chieregati and Feña Celedón live and work in Barcelona and have also been able through the collective M0nster.L4b to establish various connections to Portugal, Brazil, and Chile over the past two years.
In November, the collective M0nster.L4b will be in residence at HELLERAU as part of the three-year EU exchange program “Moving Identities.”
In the Open Studio, M0nster.L4b provide insight into their research process and the artistic project they are working on.
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Biography
Photo: Mila Ercoli
Lu Chieregati (they/them) is a researcher, choreographer, performer, and dramaturge. They are currently pursuing a Master’s in Choreography and Performance at the University of Giessen and hold a degree in Dance and Movement from Anhembi Morumbi University (Brazil) and a Master’s in Performing Arts and Visual Culture from the University of Castilla-La Mancha in collaboration with the Reina Sofía Museum (Madrid). Their performative and choreographic work centers on fiction and imagination. They develop their processes by inventing practices that activate narratives parallel to those of techno-heroic capitalist time.
Photo: Mila Ercoli
Feña Celedón (she/her) is a Chilean multidisciplinary artist and activist. Her work focuses on gender performance and art direction. Through transvestism and drag, Feña Celedón explores the boundaries of gender-performativity. She develops pedagogical methods to decolonize gender through drag and, as an art director, designs artistic productions and costumes for LGBTQ+ audiovisual projects. Shehas a degree in theater studies and a post-graduate degree in theater education and art in Santiago de Chile.
Photo: Anja Schneider
Host Artist
Tian Jinx Rüger accompanies the residency of M0nster.L4b as a local host artist and supports the process through networking, exchange, and feedback.Tian Jinx Rüger is a performance, striptease and drag artist who works interdisciplinarily with performance, space, video, sound and costume design. After graduating in stage and costume design from the HfBK Dresden (2022), he explores body, gender, sexuality and power relations from a feminist, intersectional perspective. He is involved in community building in Dresden, Leipzig and Prague for queer life, sex work and social justice. His work has been shown in Germany and Czechia. He is currently studying social work and researching safe spaces and artistic structures at the HfBK Dresden.
