SANDRA BAYER

SANDRA BAYER (THE TOPSTER) IS A PERFORMANCE ARTIST, DRAG KING, AND PAINTER WHOSE WORK ENGAGES WITH HOW HUMANS ABSORB, EXPEL, AND ARCHIVE THE TURBO-CHARGED INFORMATION AGE’S ONSLAUGHT OF MEDIA. CRAFTING THEIR CREATIVE FORCE INTO A VESSEL FOR UNLEASHING OUR PERCEPTUAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORLD’S FUNDAMENTAL INSTABILITY, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED ARTISTIC STRATEGIES FOR CUTTING INTO IMAGES’ FLIMSY MEMBRANES OF FEIGNED FIXITY. WHETHER DISCOVERING THE FEED’S PHYSICAL FORM OR EMBODYING A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM (ENTER STAGE LEFT THE TOPSTER), THEY RIP APART DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL REALITIES AND SCULPT THEIR GUTS INTO FRESH NARRATIVES/FORMS, UNVEILING AND MANIPULATING THE FORCES WHICH FESTER BEHIND RIGID DEFENSE MECHANISMS, CELLPHONE SCREENS, AND FRAMEWORKS OF IDENTITY.

TEXT BY EVAN KARAS