By Marc Felion on January 31, 2008 | Share & Save | Link | Print |
Here’s a show called Barebackers, performed by Dancetheater by Octavio Campos which is described as:
an evening-length performance that explores the nature of desire in a marginalized world where new forms of communication and a fraught sexual epidemiology have altered the experience of intimacy. Bugchasers are young men who compulsively seek to become HIV positive, eroticizing risk in a game of viral Russian roulette where the shared bond of a communicable disease substitutes for love.
The Bugchasers incorporates theater, dance, music and video to ask whether the human need for belonging and contact has led to a new eroticism or become a monstrous force for self-annihilation. It is a story of accelerated love in our time.
Who is that person on the other side of the mattress? How can you be sure?
WARNING: This performance is not recommended for a first date.
Did you get that important recommendation at the end? I wonder how I would feel if someone did bring me to that on a first date.
Now class, I’d like you to compare and contrast this piece of performance art with Chi Chi LaRue’s PSA on barebacking and Fausto’s claim that barebacking is the “new smoking” for the modern girl.
Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, Marc Felion works as a bartender. As co-host and producer of the Feast of Fools podcast, he helped launch one of the most successful podcasts in the world. He lives in Andersonville with his partner and co-host Fausto Fernós. he loves to watch sci-fi tv shows, read murder mysteries and fix cocktails.
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Gay Fun ShowDavid Craig | October 12, 2008
Levi is a genius! It’s just a matter of time before the world finds out and falls in love with him!
Marc Felion | October 12, 2008
Thanks Xavi- for more on Prop 8 listen to this show http://www.feastoffools.net/ga y-fun-show/2008/08/27/fof-828- the-battle-for-equality-082608 / We said way...
Xavi | October 12, 2008
Scott, Marc and Fausto, Thanks for discussing the No on 8 campaign. While it directly affects us in California in the end it affects us all. thanks again! Regarding...
Saulo | October 12, 2008
Another mega show!!! Levi is a very talented artist and thank you FOF for bringing him and his music to us! Kisses!
TrickyToro | October 11, 2008
Levi’s openess about sexuality and his philosophy about love are incredibly refreshing. And, its very hot that he hangs out at the Faultline. It was a hoot...
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