Rachel Rampleman: Life Is Drag

Image Credit: Scott Dittgen

March 12 - April 30, 2022

With her ongoing project "Life is Drag", Rampleman is documenting the most singular and innovative performers of the currently exploding international alt-drag and alt-burlesque scenes. The aim of the project is to create an extensive archive of these video portraits, accompanied by performer interviews. In 2020 Rampleman did a 2 week residency at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, NH, and worked with 21 New England based performers, and in 2021 she did an 8 month residency at The Cell Theatre in Manhattan, during which time she worked with over 50 NYC based performers. During Rampleman’s Wave Pool residency, she will work with members of Cincinnati based ODD Presents drag haus and Smoke & Queers burlesque troupe, as well as with other performers from the tri-state area. Life Is Drag is the 2022 Vance-Waddell Residency and will be working with the Vance-Waddell collection to inform and expand on the installation for this project.