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MOCA and Banjee Ball Foundation presents:Build This House Ball
11 year Anniversary
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New Vogue - an Artist’s journey is about finding your voice. as a voguer, once you have learned the 5 elements, your next step is to tell your story through the movement. what inspires you? who insires you? although still a beginner, tonight come dressed in an effect made up of your lifes expierences and influences. tell your story! 1 Trophy $100
New Runway - Martha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera are transwomen activists known for startingthe stone wall riots. they spent their lives fighting for trans rights, lgbtq youth homelessness, and the stigmas around HIV and AIDs. Tonight we want you to strut in their honor. bring these women back to life!! 1 Trophy $100
Bizarre - Build a house AS a House. Using materials of construction that look like wood, stone, and brick etc, create a home that holds community. You may use other house members in the presentation. 1 Trophy $500
Best Dressed - Art world, meet Ballroom, Ballroom, meet the Art world. Bring us a presentation that educates on the details and intricacies of a classic Ballroom Best Dressed Look but splice it with a heavy dose of Modern Art. Get Creative! MF vs FF (Battle for point, 1 Trophy, Battle for the Cash) $500
Runway - Transformation, like a butterly emerging from it’s cocoon, like a mermaid walking on the shore. We want to see a high fashion interpretation of a metamorphasis on the runway…. Now WALK! 1 point each, Battle for Cash and Trophy (Small vs Tall vs Big Boys vs BQID vs GNC vs Women vs FQ vs Legends vs Icons) $1000
Performance - Voguing is a dance of freedom from trauma and oppression. LA community pioneer Ebony Lane calls it “The Sacred Dance”. For performance, come as a healer of your own design, make sure to be adorned with symbolism and accoutrements that are significant to your experience. Summon the powers that be, call upon the Ballroom ancestors and heal through the art of vogue. Battle for your point. 1 Trophy (BQVF vs RWT vs Women vs FQ vs GNC vs Old Way vs New Way vs Legends vs Icons) $1000
Face
You are a POP ART exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art, and your Carter is the canvas. Transform your face into a Pop Art painting ala Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein, or Basquiat. Get creative with the make-up, you will be judged on the creative risks you take as an artist. MF (bq/transman) vs FF (fq/drags/womens) 1 point each, 2 trophies, 1 cash prize $500
Realness - Realness as a House: Bring the entire family, no limit to how many members, show your house as a family unit; mother, father, kids, nieces and nephews aunties and uncles, use accessories and props to tell the story of your family. Be sure to show family resemblance, you can reference a famous family or create one of your own, attention to detail is a must. Entire house must get 10s together, it’s all or nothing. For battles send out your members for their category point, you don’t have to have all categories present and you can have more than one member per category. House with the last members standing wins. (School Boy vs Thugs vs Pretty Boy vs Executive vs Everyday vs FQ vs BQID vs Butch vs Transman vs Legends vs Icons) $1000
Body - You are a timeless, classic statue of precious stone carved into a work of art worthy to be displayed in a museum. No nudity, no nip slips. Keep it Classy and Classical. MF (bq/transman) vs FF (fq/drags/womens) 1 point each, 2 trophies, 1 cash prize $500
Commentated by:
Icon Kevin JZ Prodigy
Icon Enyce Gucci
Precious Basquiat
J Rock Ebony
Dj and Host: Purple Crush
Saturday, October 5, 2024, 5-10pm
Tickets: $12 ($10 for MOCA Members)
https://www.moca.org/program/build-this-house-presented-by-moca-and-banjee-ball
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 160 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012-3911, United States,Los Angeles, California
