{"id":20919,"date":"2019-10-09T08:26:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T06:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=20919"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T06:16:53","slug":"killjoys-kastle-a-lesbian-feminist-haunted-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/killjoys-kastle-a-lesbian-feminist-haunted-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Killjoy\u2019s Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press release<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Copyright<\/p>\n

Killjoy\u2019s Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House
\nat ICEBOX PROJECT SPACE, Philadelphia, US
\nOctober 16\u2060-27, 2019
\nAll events are free and open to the public<\/p>\n

Organized by Icebox Project Space, this Halloween season artists Deirdre Logue<\/a> and Allyson Mitchell<\/a> and a coven of performers from Philadelphia, across the US, and Canada reclaim the hell house with their sex positive, trans affirming, queer-lesbian-feminist, fear-fighting celebration. In Killjoy\u2019s Kastle , characters such as polyamorous vampiric grannies, paranormal consciousness raisers and demented gender and women\u2019s studies professors will delight, challenge and tit-illate you. This immersive visual art and performance installation includes video projection, soundscapes and hundreds of handmade craft-based objects like carved gravestones, a giant bearded clam, and crumbling pillars of society.<\/p>\n

Killjoy\u2019s Kastle activates a litany of current and historical stereotypes using an intersectional mirror to reflect and shatter the ways in which women, trans and gender non-conforming individuals are made into monsters by mainstream society. This haunted house acts as an archive and think tank to playfully mourn and exorcise feminist histories, demons, and ghosts.<\/p>\n

Killjoy\u2019s Kastle is an inclusive and trans-affirming project. We embrace the identities and histories of all who enter our horrible haunted home.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss an opportunity to feel the feminist chill of delight run down your spine in Killjoy\u2019s Kastle, a complex journey that will amaze, thrill, disgust. We are both hilarious and dead serious.<\/p>\n

Performance Dates<\/h2>\n

October 16, 17, 18, 19* \/\/ 6-10 PM
\nOctober 20* \/\/ 1-5 PM
\nOctober 23-26 \/\/ 6-10 PM
\nOctober 27 \/\/ 1-5 PM (low vision and low sensory tours available from 1-2 PM)
\n*ASL available (October 19, 6-8 PM; October 20, 1-3 PM)<\/p>\n

Special Events<\/h2>\n

‘Inside Killjoy\u2019s Kastle’ Book Launch<\/a>
\nOctober 19, 2-4 PM<\/p>\n

Come celebrate with us the launch of Inside Killjoy\u2019s Kastle<\/em>, which considers the role of lesbian feminist histories and direct-action aesthetics in queer communities today as they produce new ways of knowing the past. The volume features contributions by Sara Ahmed, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, David Evans Frantz, Nazmia Jamal, Helena Reckitt, and more.
\nRefreshments provided! Free to attend; please RSVP at link above.<\/p>\n

This event is made possible thanks to support from Tyler School of Art\u2019s Fibers and Material Studies program and the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Department of English.<\/em><\/p>\n

Queer Crip Death Cafe*<\/a>
\nOctober 20, 7-9 PM * ASL available<\/p>\n

This is a salon-style conversation about death with others who you may or may not know, hosted in the Killjoy Kastle. We will crip and queer the ways disability and death are understood and talked about.
\nRefreshments provided! Free to attend; please RSVP at link above.<\/p>\n

Children and Youth Tour (Ages 6 to 12), with Parents and Guardians
\nOctober 28, 4:30-5:30 PM<\/p>\n

Facilitated by a local curator and educator, this tour is designed to allow younger audience members to access some of the exhibition\u2019s contents. More details to come.<\/p>\n

All events take place at Icebox Project Space. The space is wheelchair accessible.
\nVisit us at: killjoyskastle.com, @killjoys_kastle_philly
\nFor any questions or media inquiries, please contact: killjoyskastlephilly@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Killjoy\u2019s Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House at ICEBOX PROJECT SPACE, Philadelphia, US, October 16\u2060-27, 2019. Killjoy’s Kastle is created by Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell and a coven of over 100 performers from Philadelphia. All events are free and open to the public. The special events include ‘Inside Killjoy\u2019s Kastle’ Book Launch
\nOctober 19, 2-4 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16,21],"tags":[33,124],"class_list":["post-20919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-book","category-lesbian-art","category-performance","tag-allyson-mitchell","tag-deirdre-logue"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t