March 15, 2022

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Bimbos of the Early Aughts by Madeleine Lychek
March 19 4-6PM/EST 
KWLT

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Bimbos of the Early Aughts: Through critical analysis of MTV’s Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica and The Simple Life Lychek will reflect on the damaging narratives of famous young women perpetuated by tabloids and producers in the early aughts. This reflection will highlight how reality TV of the early 2000’s provided a tool for surveillance, toxic consumption and celebrity ridicule that would later frame the way we navigate social media. Informed by this study of pop-culture Lychek will conduct practice-based research to embody these women, whose minds and bodies were subject to decades of scrutiny and relentless judgement. This research will culminate in a performance that captures the essence of the now reclaimed bimbo stereotype, the artist adorned in lingerie and full glam will complete a puzzle.

ARTIST: Madeleine Lychek is a queer Filipino-Canadian artist. She uses social media and performance art as a playground to engage with conversations surrounding power and play, exploring how a body and it’s consumption can be used as a radical act of self-discovery.

Bimbos of the Early Aughts by Madeleine Lychek
March 19 4-6PM/EST 
KWLT

Click HERE to Register

Bimbos of the Early Aughts: Through critical analysis of MTV’s Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica and The Simple Life Lychek will reflect on the damaging narratives of famous young women perpetuated by tabloids and producers in the early aughts. This reflection will highlight how reality TV of the early 2000’s provided a tool for surveillance, toxic consumption and celebrity ridicule that would later frame the way we navigate social media. Informed by this study of pop-culture Lychek will conduct practice-based research to embody these women, whose minds and bodies were subject to decades of scrutiny and relentless judgement. This research will culminate in a performance that captures the essence of the now reclaimed bimbo stereotype, the artist adorned in lingerie and full glam will complete a puzzle.

ARTIST: Madeleine Lychek is a queer Filipino-Canadian artist. She uses social media and performance art as a playground to engage with conversations surrounding power and play, exploring how a body and it’s consumption can be used as a radical act of self-discovery.