“Performing Self” exhibition @ BMoCA

What an honor it has been getting to work with Jane Burke, she is the curator at BMoCA. Jane is such an authentic, talented curator, intellectual visionary and lovely persons I have had the privilege of coming across. BMoCA is debuting my alter ego, BBQ (Bounce Back Qween’s) performance, video and installation works.

More about BBQ:

BBQ is acronym for Bounce Back Qween. Bbq is Eriko’s ubiquitous alter ego and her unhealed inner wild child. BBQ is life or death, black or white, off the beaten path. They were born from suffocation, pain, destruction into the machination and lessons of the flesh world. They are flesh reincarnation, a vessel, a conspiracy shapeshifter, the boisterous clown saddling a blade, a bridge connecting and across waters, a symbol for perpetual reinvention, innovation, creating paths, perseverance, second chances, redemption. They seek to empower others with raw untamed heart and personality. 

BBQ is a beacon of resilience and perseverance. They proclaim — it’s never too late, no such thing as failure or obstacles, shape your reality by shifting your perspective, don’t ever give up hope / try a different way.

BBQ is an anti-hero / AAPID caricature of society and an anti-rally against Yellowism. They are a multidimensional mirror challenging the stereotypes and hateful rhetorics surrounding marginalized identities prescribed by the government and media. Through persona, embodiment/form, fashion, aesthetic, the unexpected, and risk taking performances; they seek to find, challenge and play with the notions that keep and empower marginalized people in the margins.

It was wonderful getting to work under with Jane under her leadership unlike the traumatic residency experience at Platteforum, night and day. BMoCA also offered me merch contract so I took the opportunity to finally start creating BBQ’s merch store. Performing Me exhibition will feature BBQ’s first line of barbecue sauce called “Yellow Terror BBQ, Sweet & Spicy Barbecue Sauce” and “BBQ Spirit Shop: Incenses” @BMoCA store and online shop. Im excited to grow BBQ’s merch items throughout 2024.

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Behind the scenes snippets from BMoCA install.

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“Performing Self” exhibtion @bmoca Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art debuting Eriko’s alter ego – BBQ’s (Bounce Back Qween) performance videos, installation works and exclusive merch line featuring “Yellow Terror Barbecue Sauce” and “Spirit Shop Incens” in Colorado. “Performing Self” is a look into how seven multidisciplinary artists celebrate the mutability of self-identity through the embodiment of alter egos or personae. Through photography, video, painting, and installation, artists Tobias Fike, Noa Fodrie, Laura Lee Shill, Louis Trujillo, Eriko Tsogo, and Sherry Wiggins & Luís Filipe Branco reveal how performance plays a role in the fluid construction of self-portraiture in our increasingly image-conscious culture. Exhibition runs 1/25/24 – 4/28/24 Opening Reception January 25, 2024 @ BMoCA 5-6pm members preview 6-8pm public reception Kiki House of Felicity Ball at BMoCA Thursday, February 22 6—8pm $20 / $15 members Join us for a performance by Kiki House of Felicity, learn more about the underground kiki ballroom dance scene, and take a turn on the catwalk. Presented in collaboration with the Black Movement Festival: Boulder. Simulated Selves: Panel Discussion Thursday, March 14 @ BMoCA 5:30—6:30pm $15 / $10 members How do you present yourself in the digital vs. physical world? BMoCA curator Jane Burke will moderate a tech and art focused panel discussion on trends in online personae featuring digital media experts. Visit BMoCA.org for registration and more information. #bmoca #performingself #bbqerikotsogo #bouncebackqween #alterego #erikotsogo #identity #performance #installation #barbecuesauce

♬ Jazz masterpiece “As time goes by” covered by a Jazz violinist by profession(962408) – ricca