Terre Thaemlitz, illustration from Naisho-Wave Manifesto (Secrecy-Wave Manifesto)
Is silence a form of communication and self-revelation? What is the role of offline digital culture in the distribution of cultural works? Through a multimedia reading titled Secrecy Wave Manifesto (Naisho Wave Manifesto), which consists of a talk with video and audio, Terre Thaemlitz promotes the strategic deployment of silence and closets. She examines the problematic relationship between online digital distribution and critical cultural work and demonstrates how the logic of hegemonic internet platforms runs counter to the social dynamics of minor communities and subcultures. Secrecy Wave Manifesto was produced for the first issue of the Japanese culture journal Farben in June 2014.
Introduced by Pierre Bal-Blanc, Curator of documenta 14
Terre Thaemlitz is an award-winning multimedia producer, writer, public speaker, educator, audio remixer, DJ, and owner of the Comatonse Recordings record label. As a speaker and educator on issues of non-essentialist Transgenderism and Queerness, Thaemlitz has lectured and participated in panel discussions throughout Europe and Japan. Thaemlitz lives and works in Kawasaki.
