Scott N Andrew

Rachel Rampleman

2021

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Selected performances from Rachel Rampleman’s Life is Drag series were featured at the venerable Carnegie Museum of Art as a part of TQ Live! in Pittsburgh, PA, curated by Scott Andrew. Many of the drag queens who were featured were recorded during Rachel's Bloomfield Garden Club summer Visiting Artist In Residency, which Scott co-organized with Tina Dillman. This residency also included a live performance and screening at Roboto in collaboration with Bunker Projects, featuring Azzizy, Pissy Mattress, Maxi Pad, Cindy Crotchford, Luna Plexus, and Kierra Darshell. All images courtesy of Rachel Rampleman.

Rachel Rampleman

Life is Drag in Pittsburgh

The Bloomfield Garden Club

Gallery

Drag performer in black and orange costume, clown makeup, and tall hat sits between mirrors reflecting their image in blue light. Three performers, one in clown makeup, one in drag, and one in casual wear, stand arm-in-arm on a stage before a red curtain. Auditorium with black seats facing a screen displaying a dark-haired figure in black, holding glowing orange flames. Graffiti art on a dark wall with "Mr. Roboto" in colorful bubble letters, surrounded by cartoon robots. A person stands left. Drag queen in colorful outfit, black tutu, and spiky hair poses next to two men in a concrete block room. Man in rainbow shirt, pink shorts, and cap speaking into a microphone, holding a phone, in front of a chain-link fence. Drag performer in white shorts, black jacket, and fishnets, posing against a blue starry backdrop with a crescent moon. Performer in black costume, white face paint, and tiger-striped gloves sits on a dark stage with stools and reflective panels. Drag performer in a ruffled white top, black skirt, and wig, posing dramatically against a blurred background of red theater seats. Drag queen in a black gown and flowing blue cape, singing into a purple microphone under purple stage lights. Drag queen in a gold sequined outfit with pink hair, hands to head, smiling in a dimly lit bar with a rainbow flag. Person in black athletic wear holding blue and white dumbbells, standing on a blue shag rug in front of a fence with colorful fabric. Drag performer in colorful top, black skirt, and heels sits atop a blue dumpster, sticking out their tongue. Four portraits of performers, three women and one non-binary person, with a white sign listing "Saturday Performers" to the left. Three portraits of drag performers in colorful makeup and costumes, next to a white sign listing "Sunday Performers. Drag queen with purple hair, blue dress, and fishnets, arms outstretched, in front of a chain-link fence and ivy-covered wall. Performer in red lingerie and thigh-high boots, black cape, and elaborate red headpiece, striking a pose in front of a chain-link fence. Drag queen in a purple snakeskin outfit, black hat, and silver jewelry, arms outstretched, against an ivy wall and chain-link fence. Person with white hair, pink and black patterned top, black skirt, and black gloves points right, standing on concrete. Drag performer in black dress, white ruffled shirt, and black wig, kneeling on stage with a "Slay" fan. Dark room with string lights, a colorful mural, and a video projected onto a screen above a small stage. Woman in sunglasses, brown top, and blue striped skirt, holding a microphone, stands before a chain-link fence with red and blue netting.