Beige B*tch

 a performance by Nima Séne

Video and Captioning Design, Photography, Poster and Trailer Design, Live AV Operator, Touring Production Manager

Take a seat in the live show Beige Nation TV! As the provocative star and host*, the post-internet icon Beige B*itch scrolls through the saturated reality of her beige world and challenges the (sur-)real fantasy construct of "mixed-race" women: In a cultural blitzkrieg of artisan anecdotes, intimate interviews and bespoke adverts,, she poses pointed questions about white accountability, Black Culture and what it means to belong.

From the early development to later development stages, Nima and I worked together on producing the video design for Beige B*tch, including Beige B*tch’s TV show on the Beige Nation channel, and all of the show’s marketing materials.

Since the Take Me Somewhere festival performance at the CCA in Glasgow in 2019, I have operated the AV for the show, and then production managed following performances, including planning and logistics for touring the show abroad.

I even appear in the show as “an almost luminous white man.”

The show was performed at Frascati in Amsterdam as part of their TO VOICE festival. It was then scheduled to be performed at Sophiensaele as part of their Queer Darlings festival in Berlin in March 2020, the week the UK went into lockdown. Even the set and costume arrived at the theatre. We created a live stream version of the performance for Sophiensaele instead.

 

Shades

 

The posters and flyers came in a range of shades.

 

Credits

Created, Written and Performed by Nima Séne
Featuring FRAN.K, James Primmer, Jee Chan and Daniel Hughes
Costume by Sabrina Henry
Lighting Design by Jazz Hutsby
Sound Design by Alicia Matthews
Set Design (film) by Josephine Lalande
Make Up Artist (film) Venus Von Vorstadt
Sound Recordist (film) Ludovic Barrier

Commissioned by Contact and Live Art UK Diverse Actions

 
 

Supported by Creative Scotland, Platform, The Work Room, Engine Room at National Theatre of Scotland, Tramway, Buzzcut and Take Me Somewhere.

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