Performed By: Matt Raybeam & Picasso Moore
Facilitated By: DonChristian
[Virtual]
Join Picasso Moore & Matt Raybeam for a Zoom event meditating on the fourth wall and the rise of media-induced psychosis. Featuring essay readings, an audio visual presentation, and a Q&A moderated by multidisciplinary artist DonChristian, Picasso and Matt Raybeam will explore stand out articulations of the fourth wall in art, media, academia, and literature.
ARTIST BIO:
PICASSO MOORE is a writer, artist, filmmaker, and social creative exploring blackness, queerness, social performance, zeitgeist, and the perpetual quest for autonomy. His written work has been published by The Tenth Magazine, Pin-Up Magazine, Gayletter Magazine, Medium, MOBI, and in the anthology book Our Light Through Darkness. His sculptural work has been exhibited at The MoMA as part of their In The Making showcase for emerging artists and “C E N T E R”, the short film he directed and co-wrote, screened at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. Picasso lives in New York City, can't keep a man, and feels that this (among other things) is all Sarah Jessica Parker’s fault. Picasso is ½ of the podcast badheadgoodbrain.
MATT RAYBEAM is a BlaQueer American multidisciplinary gospel artist whose work explores Black queer aesthetics, relationships, and sanity using American letters via poetry, essay, music, stand-up comedy, video, and live presentation/installation. Matthew was born, lives, and works in Bedford Heights, Ohio. They earned an MFA in Creative Writing at The New School in New York City. Matthew is a recipient of LAMBDA Literary Emerging Writers Fellowship, and has participated in Cave Canem, Winter Tangerine Review, and Kent State Poetry Center writing workshops. Matthew’s writing is featured in BOMB Magazine, Racebaitr, Juked Poetry, Our Light Through Darkness Anthology, Emerge: 2019 Lambda Fellows Anthology, and other publications. They have presented work across the U.S. and internationally including: Hollywood City Hall, Pratt Institute, and Godsbanen Museum. MOBIfest 2018, Matthew co-presented their experimental short film A Study of Him. Summer 2021, released mixtape F****T RADIO: The Death Tape, and is on the cover of T Magazine’s 2021 September Men’s Fashion Issue. Matthew is ½ of the podcast badheadgoodbrain.
SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLE/ WEBSITE LINKS:
Instagram & Twitter: @picassomoore
Instagram & Twitter: @mattraybeam
THIS IS A DONATION-BASED EVENT
Suggested donation of $10 - tips very appreciated
Cashapp: $picassomoore
Venmo: picassomoore