Queer Art Impact Presents Come As You Are: NYC At The Tank 10/1

Queer Art Impact presents... Come As You Are: NYC Friday, October 1, 2010; 9:30 pm - $10 at The Tank at 354 W. 45th Street, New York, NY 10036 A, C, E, to 42nd Street; 1, 2, 3, S, 7 to Time Square

About The Show
Queer Art Impact presents this eclectic showcase as an inquiry into the status of post-Stonewall sexual values as part of a weeklong festival, Come As You Are: NYC.

Get wet to the unwavering sounds of artist Baron, pleasure your senses with the intel-lectable "Busty Kitten," and intoxicate your spirit with the mystical formations of milDRED at this queer arts main-stage event. Artists also include the multifaceted Davina Cohen, dirty gay boy Mathew Heggem, and a piercing installation by Boston-based XRAY.

The showcase will featuring vocalist, composer, and performance artist Charlie Demos: He is a fixture in the New York City underground queer music scene blending a new sound of electronic and dark synth with emotional and provoking performance art pieces when he takes the stage. He is also a resident artist with several top-tier burlesque shows such as Auralfixia and Cabaret Cataplexy.

Queer Art Impact explores the conversation between politics, art and action. This New York City-based initiative is intended to bring together individuals and organizations who self-identify their body of work as queer. By supporting artists whose works challenge the hetero-normative, QAI seeks to embrace queerness and create opportunities for all artists - living in the political and social fringe - to move to the center. QAI is co-owned and operated by Mathew Heggem and Shalonda Ingram.

About The Tank
Founded in 2003, The Tank is a non-profit arts presenter whose mission is to provide a welcoming, creative, collaborative, and affordable environment for artists and activists engaged in the pursuit of new ideas. Through a wide range of low-cost, high-concept arts and public affairs programming, The Tank seeks to cultivate a new generation of audience for live performance, civic discourse, and the work of emerging artists.