Bee McQueen: If I Show You Mine, Will You Show Me Yours?

by Bee McQueen
Composer: Eli Morrison

I’ve worn a mask so long that I forget it’s not my face.

What’s your favourite emotion to feel?

My head is now soothed being detached from my shoulders.

What lesson will you never forget?

I am accustomed to feeling alien on this planet

What makes you want to escape?

And finding solace among the stars.

Uhm…this might be poetry. Or a crazy podcast. Or something else entirely.

I will be… asking and answering questions and talking…a lot. I’m sick of being misunderstood. This performance is an invitation for connection, for an intimate and honest exchange. It explores – or maybe exposes – neurodivergent tensions between shame, isolation, and belonging. Small talk is sacrificed for the greater good. Let it die.

‘If I Show You Mine, Will You Show Me Yours?’ is a live-art participatory performance, immersing its audience in the chaos of an ADHD brain.

Bee McQueen (she/her) is a neuroqueer performance artist working at the intersection of autobiography, participatory performance, crip performance, live art, and poetry. She enjoys interrogating emotional and spiritual landscapes, with a particular interest in what is hidden or unsaid. ‘Waz Here’ by Bee was a recent live art, participatory performance that aimed to honour and preserve the sanctity of bathroom wall vandalism within a performance installation context, using her body as an extension of the wall. Bee creates work that challenges neuro-normative modes of thinking, perceiving, behaving, and relating. Her socio-centric practice engages in youth-work, facilitation, and collaborative performance making.

Image by the artist.

Access note

Balloons given as an alternate route to experiencing sound (through vibration). Wheelchair accessible.

Content note

Contains strobe lighting, haze and participatory elements.