Kozyra

beauty - pre-wiev with gloria viagra

beauty - pre-wiev with gloria viagra

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crypto performance,
March 2005, Berlin

The group exhibition "About Beauty" at Berlin's Haus der Kulturen der Welt included Kozyra's The Rite of Spring projection. During the opening, the artist appeared with her teacher and mentor — the Berlin-based DJ and drag queen Gloria Viagra. The duo were dressed and styled as identical clones or twin sisters. Kozyra's appearance and behavior confirmed that she had been a dutiful student of the "true feminity" lessons she took from Gloria Viagra, which were an element of the project In Art Dreams Come True. Almost no one recognized Kozyra as herself — the artist. She posed for photos with Gloria and gave a number of interviews, treating her appearance in this new role as a kind of "artistic event."