performance documentation
An Informal History of the Atlas of Topographical and Applied Human Anatomy and Its Precedents
Performance lecture presented as part of Tense Renderings at the Reef, Los Angeles, 2022. More info here.
More bad news
Experimental escatological lecture-performance, combining 35mm family archive, liveness, and digital projection, presented at CalArts, May 2022.
romantic comedy
Durational gesture-performance, in the Crossed Wires group exhibition at CalArts, 2021.
images courtesy Sharon Lockheart
protective measure
Collaboration with Razan Al Sarraf, durational gesture-object work with sense withdrawal, presented at CalArts 2022.
images courtesy Joana Cardozo
Earlier projekTs
meat///injection
Audio collage with choreography, presented in the Femme Fest at Dixon Place. Movement assistance from Katie Kay Chelena, performed by C. Bain, Stephon, and Summer Minerva, February 2020.
no good white men
Collaboration with E. Wray at the New Masculinities festival, 2018.
here, Serpent
Here, Serpent is a queer, experimental treatment of Antony and Cleopatra, developed by C. Bain and partially devised with Brian McQueen. Presented 2018 at Dixon Place with an all-trans, all-genius cast.
C. Bain and Brian McQueen, video production still by Linus Ignatius of the Elliott Collective.
Brilliant actor/collaborators Nour Hajar and Elizabeth Wray, who were crucial to making this work possible.
Uncivil Heart
Civil War-era Americana, written by C. Bain, presented in staged readings 2016/2017. Sasha Warner-Berry, Lauren Whitehead, Taylor Steele and Charly Evon Simpson have all supported the development of this text.
Kevin R. Free, pictured presenting us on behalf of Horse Trade Theatre Gorup. Cast of this performance was Alisha B. Woods, Jonelle Robinson, David Lawton, Summer Minerva, Nick Luis, Stephon, Sabra Shelly, Denali Thomas, Liz Glazer, Dameka Hayes and C. Bain.