I'll Show You Mine
This piece is a version of an ongoing conversation
between two cultural producers who are close, long?erm friends.
Each is seeking to expose to the other something of his own
understanding of his complicated and evolving sense of himself as a
gendered, sexual, thinking human being. There is no attempt to
solidify a position or come to agreement since the underlying
proposition is that, while individual integrity is of utmost
importance, there is no singularly solid position to take and no
right way to be a person.
Jordy Jones (J.J.) What is a man?
Doran George (D.G.) Help!
I suppose the easiest way to answer this would be
to say he is a highly contested phenomenon. I? like to say that what a man is depends entirely on
self?dentity. Anyone who says, ? am a man is one. Defining sex by
individual choice would be the most democratic solution and,
intuitively, would be the use of the term that would result in the
greatest happiness. (pgs. 123-124)
Doran George is an
artist, dancer, writer, and curator. His "live art" work has been
staged across Europe and the United States and has ranged from him
being encased in brick for a working day to having a sexual
relationship as an art practice. He has been supported by the London
Arts Board; The Arts Council of England; The British Council;
Chisenhale Dance Space; Arnolfini, Artsadmin; The Finnish Arts
Council; The Arts Council of North Savo (Finland); Stichting Fonds
De Trut (The Netherlands); and others. He has curated for ?he
International Transgender Film Video Festival (U.K. and The
Netherlands), ?ital Signs Festival (U.K.) (interfaces between
disability politics and contemporary art), and Chisenhale Dance
Space. He regularly contributes to symposia and is published in
print and on the web in dance, film, and performance art journals
and art publications. Doran has a B.A. in experimental dance and
choreography and an M.A. in Feminist Performance. He teaches in
universities in he United States, Britain, and Central Europe.
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