Occidental College is pleased to announce the launch of Oxy Live!, a conversation series highlighting a diverse lineup of cultural luminaries at the forefront of their fields.
The inaugural season of Oxy Live! opens on Oct. 3rd with internationally celebrated writer, artist and non-binary activist ALOK.
Hosted by acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengraber, the series promises to deliver thought-provoking discussions on topics spanning social and environmental justice, art and society, the ethics of AI and more.
ALOK is an internationally acclaimed author, poet, comedian and public speaker. As a mixed-media artist their work explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition. They are the author of Femme in Public (2017), Beyond the Gender Binary (2020), and Your Wound/My Garden (2021) and the creator of #DeGenderFashion: an initiative to degender fashion and beauty industries. In recognition of their work, they have been honored as the inaugural LGBTQ Scholar in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania and awarded a GLAAD Media Award and Stonewall Foundation Visionary Award. Over the past decade, they have toured in more than 40 countries, most recently selling out their runs at the Soho Theatre in London, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the Kennedy Performing Arts Center. Their show has been described as “provocative and powerful” (Chortle), a “potent combination of comedy and poetry” (The Scotsman), and a “Jaw-dropping celestial event” (To Do List London).
On screen, they will make their feature film debut in Absolute Dominion opposite Patton Oswalt and next can be seen in Emmie Lichtenberg’s film Complicated Order opposite Midori Francis. On television, they have appeared on Hulu’s Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne, ABC’s PRIDE: To Be Seen – A Soul of A Nation, Netflix’s Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness and The Trans List.
