So last year i went to London for the "Meltdown Festival" curated by Antony {of "and the Johnsons" fame}....I saw many amazing bands...one of which was "the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black"...a perennial have of mine...part of the downtown crew of brilliant creatures i was obsessed with since i was young...I was always amazed but their visuals and their comic and punk energy ....Kembra is a visionary and creates a stunning world with little more than body paint and cardboard props painted with pentagrams and ocean waves like a school play....they are raw and brash and full of manic crazy energy and are transgressive and just fucking AMAZING!!!!..I've seen them MANY times in NYC but was so excited to see them "across the pond" and to see the Londoners reaction to their raw New York energy!!!
Kembra and her 20 wigs....one of her wigs nearly landed on me...but left a trail of glitter in its wake....
This was the first performance of the night and was just AMAZING!!!! Kembra sure as fuck knows how to put on a show!!!!
The Yellow Kembra is the only other one who can interact with her....Her demonic "assistant" if you will.....she does things like helps Kembra sort through her UNDERWEAR DRAWER...and other things......
Kembra and her dopplegangers dancing like a Satanic rainbow...painted and glorious they create quite a tribal image.....
i was so excited to get to see Kembra perform her "egg in the vagina"...i haven't seen that for a minute!!! i was half hoping to see her sew her vagina up again!!! THAT is a classic!!! I used to have that on a tee shirt too....
I tried to upload a video of this someone recorded but i couldn't get the video to appear so heres the link!!! Click it you WONT be disappointed to see it happen live!!!!! "Fuck Island"
Johanna Constantine...an old friend and cohort {and co founder of the "Future Feminist" Movement with Kembra Antony and a host of others} ...was pulled from the audience and did her famous "Demonic deer" dance and drove the crowd WILD!!!!
After the show i got to meet Kembra and she is just amazing...sweet and soft spoken one of the most down to earth people i had met the whole week but also brash and sharp like an old school New Yorker which i love so much...She was a little bit of home overseas.....
"The Voluptious Horror of Karen Black" is just an trancendant experience...I almost caught some of Kembras glittery sweaty weave...{.as well as some of her underwear!!!}..almost got hit by her thigh high stilettos and generally had an amazing time as did all the screaming London Queens around me.....Thank you Kembra.....your horror is ALWAYS so voluptuous!!!!!
XOXO
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