Nice to meet you, Bongi

Bongi Perez—a hustler who defies traditional femininity and ridicules societal norms, especially those tied to sex and gender—is the central figure in Valerie Solanas’s notorious 1967 play Up Your Ass. In Nice to meet you, Bongi, fragments of Solanas’s original script intersect with scenes from contemporary Berlin, blurring the line between past and present. Known for its radical feminist stance and unapologetically confrontational tone, Solanas’s work challenged the conventions of her time. This piece asks what it means to carry that same spirit of defiance into today’s social and artistic landscapes.