{"id":20979,"date":"2021-05-03T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=20979"},"modified":"2021-05-04T08:28:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T15:28:24","slug":"looking-for-tiger-lily-explores-indigenous-culture-at-uno-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/05\/03\/looking-for-tiger-lily-explores-indigenous-culture-at-uno-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Tiger Lily<\/em> explores Indigenous culture at UNO Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year, artists contribute to festivals around the globe to help celebrate the value of art and its ability to cover challenging topics, like racism and gender issues, that some attendees would perhaps not be thinking about. A good example of this is Victoria\u2019s own UNO Fest, which is running online from April 20 to May 24 this year, showcasing shows and artists from throughout the season instead of its usual 10-day format. Case in point: one of the shows at UNO Fest this year is Looking for Tiger Lily<\/em>, as performed by Portland\u2019s Anthony Hudson, also known as drag clown Carla Rossi.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m an artist and a writer and a performer and I have ben making work as Carla and as myself for about 11 years now,\u201d says Hudson.<\/p>\n

What Hudson hopes to achieve with this performance is to put a spotlight on the topic of racism and the negative impact it can have on our society as a whole.<\/p>\n

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Looking for Tiger Lily<\/em> is one of the shows at this year’s online UNO Fest (photo by Gia Goodrich).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSean [Guist, co-artistic and marketing director] at Intrepid Theatre reached out to me and was interested in showing Looking for Tiger Lily<\/em>; that was in the before times, pre-pandemic times,\u201d says Hudson.<\/p>\n

But the two managed to make the show happen online for this year\u2019s UNO Fest. Hudson says that the performance takes from personal experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking for Tiger Lily<\/em> is a solo show that I\u2019ve been performing and touring for five years now,\u201d they say. \u201cIt\u2019s about growing up and coming into consciousness as a mixed-race person and someone who is native and queer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hudson also says that the show is about being younger and seeing Indigenous culture portrayed in a negative light.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about kind of growing up and seeing so many instances of redface in pop culture,\u201d they say, \u201cso, seeing really harmful depictions and stereotypical depictions of Indigenous people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hudson admits that they don\u2019t know much about the other acts at UNO Fest this year, but they are looking forward to checking out what\u2019s in store.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to learn more about them as the festival happens,\u201d says Hudson, \u201cand I get to watch along with everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking for Tiger Lily
\n<\/em>Streaming on demand, Tuesday, May 4 to Friday, May 9
\n(In Conversation with Anthony Hudson takes place at 7:30 pm Tuesday, May 4)
\n$10
\nintrepidtheatre.com\/festivals\/uno-fest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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