🦚 Cézanne Conce (he/she/they,
@cezannecomc ) is an aspiring costume designer and fashion graduate from Brazil. Their creative practice is deeply rooted in storytelling through clothing, exploring how garments can embody identity, memory, and transformation. She’s particularly drawn to projects that challenge conventional narratives, using costume as a tool for subversion and visibility.
Beyond performance and fashion, Cézanne is committed to an ecological approach to creation and existence, often incorporating upcycled materials, natural elements, and sustainable techniques into their work. He believes that design can be both visually striking and environmentally responsible. With a background that blends international experience, hands-on making, and collaborative work, they aim to create costumes and visuals that are not only aesthetically compelling but also rich in cultural and political meaning.
The motivation behind her video performance May Death Be With You emerged from the conviction that if queer people are not the authors of our own aesthetics, those narratives will continue to be shaped and exploited by the same privileged gatekeepers who have historically appropriated queer history and used it for their own purposes.
“In my view, politics today is also a matter of aesthetics: the way identities, bodies, and stories are visually constructed influences how they are perceived and valued.” Cézanne explains. “By taking control of the creation process from concept to performance, I sought to claim that space for queer and trans representation on my own terms. This artwork is, in essence, my drop in the vast ocean of queer and trans visibility, and a gesture towards a more diverse, authentic, and self-determined queer utopia.”
🏳️⚧️ May Death Be With You will be available for view at We Are Everywhere, an exhibition and public program that will unfold in the days leading up to Transgender Day of Remembrance.
🗓️ 17-20 November 2025
📍Kavka Oudaan (
@kavka.oudaan ) in Antwerp, Belgium
❣️ Free, zero-ticket entrance to the exhibition
💞 Organized by
@genderspectrumantwerpen . Curated by
@________bethan . More info available at
@transremembrancexpo .