Platform Performance – Orlando, Holly James Johnston
Wednesday 18 January 2023
5:00 pm
Platform, Gallery Level
To celebrate the Platform exhibition ‘Reframing the Muse,’ curated by Ruth Millington, Orlando, the drag king persona of Holly James Johnston, will present a performance in the Platform exhibition space. As Orlando, Holly melds masculinities and femininities together through lip-sync and dance. Orlando emerged out of Holly’s research focus on historical and literary queer lives.
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Orlando is the drag king persona of Holly James Johnston, a writer and educator currently reading for a DPhil in English at the University of Oxford. As Orlando, Holly melds masculinities and femininities together through lip-sync and dance, and has worked with national organisations such as Tate, The National Gallery, and the V&A. Orlando initially emerged out of Holly’s research focus on historical and literary queer lives. Since then, however, he has begun to take on a life of his own. Once Orlando is out of the closet and on the stage, he very much rules the roost. If Orlando is the star, Holly is his manager, securing his bookings and steaming his outfits…