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The Hungary Games

We're getting a Masters degree in Gender Studies in Budapest, Hungary, and we're gonna need some help to make it werk!

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The Hungary Games

The Hungary Games

The Hungary Games

The Hungary Games

The Hungary Games

We're getting a Masters degree in Gender Studies in Budapest, Hungary, and we're gonna need some help to make it werk!

We're getting a Masters degree in Gender Studies in Budapest, Hungary, and we're gonna need some help to make it werk!

We're getting a Masters degree in Gender Studies in Budapest, Hungary, and we're gonna need some help to make it werk!

We're getting a Masters degree in Gender Studies in Budapest, Hungary, and we're gonna need some help to make it werk!

Ryanna Gacy
Ryanna Gacy
Ryanna Gacy
Ryanna Gacy
1 Campaign |
Brooklyn, United States
$2,954 USD 56 backers
59% of $5,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

THE CAMPAIGN

Beginning in September, I--and my alter shego GINA PERFORMA--will be entering a 9-month Masters degree program in Gender Studies at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary. The subject of our research is: Homosexual Practices in Budapest Bath Culture.

You might be curious about what that is, exactly. Well, Budapest is the self-proclaimed "Thermal Bath Capital of Europe," and, as such, the city has a very active culture of recreational public bathing. On occasion, men go to the baths to find other men to have sex with. Some baths have intentionally used gender desegregation to prevent these practices. Conversely, there are  baths and night clubs that openly provide spaces for gay men (and the closeted men who love them) to seek out sexual partners. It's a whirlwind of desire, regulation, architecture, gender identity, public and private policy, recreation, and mineral water. And that's what we'll be studying. At the end of the program, we hope to have a thesis that is fierce, inventive, well-researched, and fun.

While we're happy to announce that CEU covers the cost of tuition and housing, it does not cover personal expenses or costs related to our research. We hope to raise $5,000 so that, even as we starve our way through nine months of graduate school, our research will not be impeded by a lack of financial resources. The money we raise here will go toward the following:

  • Food, aka, sustenance
  • Transportation (metrocard - campus is 40 minutes away from the dormitory)
  • Books
  • Computer (software subscriptions, maintenance, emergency situations)
  • Digital equipment (photo and video cameras, cables, tapes, CDs and DVDs for projects)
  • Paper, printing and photocopying expenses
  • Lessons in speaking Hungarian
  • Bullshit administrative fees (amiright?!)
  • Admission into the thermal baths
  • Other incidental expenses that are bound to pop up out of nowhere

Please, fund our research and help me--and GINA--make the most of this amazing opportunity to learn something about people, and sex, and public baths!

 

Performance Party + Benefit

Anyone who contributes $25 or more gets admission to the THE STARVING ARTIST, a performance, party and benefit all rolled into one, hosted by GINA PERFORMA, and featuring performances by various artists that we love (soon to be announced)!

PERFORMANCE PARTY + BENEFIT

Thursday, August 9

7pm-9pm (performances begin around 8pm)

The Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002

For everyone else, admission will be a suggested donation of $15. Bring your friends! Bring your wife!

 

"Hot Mess" Walks

In honor of the disgusting New York summer, GINA PERFORMA is excited to present HOT MESS, a sultry heat-based walk designed to submit to the oppressive mid-summer radiation. Be sure to wear active clothing, because we will be moving.

Walk #1 - Wednesday, August 1 - 7pm

Walk #2 - Wednesday, August 15 - 7pm

Walks are limited to 12 people per walk and will last approximately 1 hour depending on how fast we move.

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Smooch

$10 USD
Personalized video kiss from GINA PERFORMA
6 claimed

Postcard from the Edge

$25 USD
Personalized post card from Budapest / Admission to The Starving Artist Performance Party
Estimated Shipping
October 2012
18 claimed

HOT MESS #1 - EXCLUSIVE

$30 USD
Admission to GINA PERFORMA's "HOT MESS" walk on AUGUST 1st / Admission to Performance Party
Estimated Shipping
August 2012
3 out of 12 of claimed

HOT MESS #2 - EXCLUSIVE

$30 USD
Admission to GINA PERFORMA's "HOT MESS" walk on AUGUST 15th / Admission to The Starving Artist Performance Party
Estimated Shipping
August 2012
6 out of 12 of claimed

Picture This

$50 USD
Signed 8x10 print of original photo of a real life Budapest bath / Admission to The Starving Artist Performance Party
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December 2012
7 claimed

Happy Talk

$75 USD
3-minute private video letter from me to you from Budapest, uploaded to youtube or vimeo / Admission to The Starving Artist Performance Party
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November 2012
1 claimed

Jingle Jangle

$100 USD
Your own personal 30-second jingle composed by Ryan, sent in mp3 format / Admission to The Starving Artist Performance Party
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December 2012
6 claimed

Patron Saint

$250 USD
Customized bath apron from the Rudas Baths in Budapest / Admission to The Starving Artist Performance Party
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December 2012
1 claimed

Dream Grl

$5,000 USD
All expense paid night out with GINA PERFORMA in Budapest, including air fare and overnight stay in the Gellert Hotel / Plus everything else
0 out of 1 of claimed

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