Scott N Andrew

The Diva Saga

2019

A series of campy confrontations between a live Veronica and the avatars of drag—digital identities projected on stage (also played by Veronica)—the live and digital Veronicas clash in their respective interpretations, battling each other in a fantastic, campy visual and sonic narrative. A Drag Saga uses live and digital performance to gesture to and capture the importance of camp and divas in queer processes of self-making and alternative identity construction.

This work integrates videos and performances based on Stevie Nicks, Whitney Houston, Nomi Ruiz, Kylie Minogue, Róisín Murphy, Grace Jones, Kate Bush, with original music content by Scott Andrew and John Musser.

The Diva Saga was previewed at Fail-Safe, a variety format performance series for work-in-progress, and was debuted in full at the Tawes Theater in the Gibson Center for the Arts, as part of the CMS speaker series and artist residency at Washington College in Chestertown, MD.

Source Videos for Act 1 of The Diva Saga

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Source Videos for Act 7 of The Diva Saga

  • The Diva Saga: The Legend of the Worst Drag Queen
  • The Diva Saga: is a multi-channel video installation
  • The Diva Saga: live performance piece that questions constructions of sexuality
  • The Diva Saga: gender
  • The Diva Saga: identity in a digital age
  • The Diva Saga: examines how Veronica Bleaus became the self-proclaimed ‘worst drag queen.’ Lampooning normative
  • The Diva Saga: restrictive constructions of sex
  • The Diva Saga: artistic judgment
  • The Diva Saga: popular culture
  • The Diva Saga: The Diva Saga draws heavily from numerous visual
  • The Diva Saga: aural storytelling mediums like comic books
  • The Diva Saga: Japanese anime
  • The Diva Saga: video games
  • The Diva Saga: music videos
  • The Diva Saga: high fantasy