Animal rights, climate activism, music and queer feminism – spiced up with a good dose of drag: that’s Soya the Cow. The alter-ego of Swiss performance artist, musician, and activist Daniel Hellmann blurs the boundaries between male and female, human and cow, and manages the balancing act between a serious desire to change the world and a humorous sense of lightness. After performing at animal rights and climate protests, international tours in theaters and art festivals, and appearances on TV shows such as The Voice of Germany, the singing drag cow comes to join us virtually in New York. With emotional songs and surprising storytelling, Soya will immerse you in her fascinating bovine universe that challenges the human self-image as the center of the universe.

Caroline Dionne is a scholar and educator with a background in art and architecture criticism and curation. She is an Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Design Practice and Curatorial Studies and Interim Associate Dean of the School of Art and Design History and Theory (ADHT), at Parsons School of Design, The New School. Sitting at the intersection of literature, language theory, philosophy, and architecture, her research examines the role of language in everyday acts of placemaking and collective design practices, with focus on the politics of place—how power dynamics of gender, class, and race shape subjectivities. Trained as an architect, she received her PhD in the history and theory of architecture from McGill University. Her book, Design Theory, Language and Architectural Space in Lewis Carroll (Routledge, 2023) proposes design theories of the emergent based on a close reading of the complete works of nineteenth century writer and mathematician Lewis Carroll.