Queer Maximalism X Machine Dazzle Auther Elissa

Machine Dazzle, to my mind, [is] a true theatrical genius who has created some of the most inventive costumes and sets I have ever seen. Justin Vivian Bond. --Hilton Als, The New YorkerMachine Dazzle is the much-in-demand designer and artist behind popular cabaret, drag, and performance stars such as Taylor Mac and transgender icon Mx.

The artist's "queer maximalism" encapsulates a more-is-better attitude to making and creating, which looks to counter elitist notions that spectacle and extravagance are vapid. For the first time, his over-the-top stage creations, made for himself and others, are collected here alongside stage environments, ephemera, and photos from his career.In Machine Dazzle's world, costumes are transformative objects with world-making capacity. For him, these associations are embraced as queer for their affirmation of hybridity and the