Sep 16, 2019
rexylafemme (rex renée leonowicz) is a visual + performing artist, writer, and musician born and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY. As a working class trans femme, rex’s work is grounded in a politics of radical resistance, healing and witness. rex blends genders and genres, utilizing drag, comedy, visual art, and burlesque, to critically respond to the relationships people “on the margins” have with our surroundings and each other. rex's book of poems and illustrations, when there is no one and there is everyone is available from Magic Helicopter Press. rex is also a practicing witch and offers spiritual readings and mentorship with a focus on radical occultism. they co-create with bloom wave collective, a network of artists and organizers building revolutionary culture in New York City.
Episode Highlights
- rex talks about being the family
entertainer growing up, which influenced their performance
art.
- As a child, rex explored
divination and had spiritual experiences with deceased
relatives.
- We discuss the ways that
witchcraft is inherently queer and trans.
- rex uses drag and performance
art as ritual for healing and banishing, and talks about embodiment
as a spiritual
practice.
- They also use poetry and
creative arts as a divination tool, and writing poetry as an
oracle.
- rexy does an impromptu
divination from their poetry about supporting the queer
future.
- Their first experience of
performing burlesque had an empowering and spiritual effect on
them.
Web links
- Find them at rexylafemme.com
- Instagram, Twitter & Facebook
- Bloom Wave Collective on Insta
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