Ep. 30: MERENDIANDO with xLq
May 13, 2020
This week’s episode features Toronto-based pop art duo, xLq!
xLq is a body of pop art performance and a lifestyle practiced by Jordan Campbell and Maddie Bautista. Their show 4inXchange has now transitioned into an online version, streaming on May 15 & 16.
We dove into Jordan and Maddie’s thoughts on money, garbage, what makes a good art party, and the inspiration behind their unique visual aesthetic (check out their instagram page to see what we mean!).
This week’s Meriendas de Pandemia, or Pandemic Snacks, are the “Mexican childhood dream” Tajin (a perfect blend of chilli peppers, sea salt, and lime, often used to season fruit and veggies), and homemade sourdough bread (that when made by others is extra delicious)!
Show notes:
- 4inXchange: Online Edition, XLq’s next live online show
- CERB, or the Canada Emergency Response Benefit
- Katherine Walker-Jones, co-creator and performer in 4inXchange
- Brock Hessel, friend and fellow artist
- The Brandscape, an arts studio and venue for their first TRASh sACNTUARY art party
- Bree Rappaport, visual artist and collaborator with xLq
- BODY BREAK, a regular art party produced in partnership with Theatre Passe Muraille
- Half Second Echo, a Toronto-based contemporary dance collective and co-curator of the most recent BODY BREAK
- Anandam Dancetheatre, a contemporary ‘cross-genre, polycultural’ performance company and co-curator of the most recent BODY BREAK
- Bannock Babes, an Indigenous drag collective mostly out of Treaty One Territory
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a popular video game
- Generator, a Toronto-based mentoring, teaching, and innovation incubator for independent artists and producers
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