Technologies of the sponge and drag performative

Abstract

This article addresses the Drag Queen phenomenon from a theoretical framework that combines performance, cross-dressing, and
sponge technologies, a concept developed in my doctoral thesis peDRAGogy: Artistic Education and Cross-Dressing (2023). Sponge technologies can be
understood as tools and means that construct fictions through Drag makeup, wigs, and accessories. This analysis is enriched by Renate Lorenz’s Freak
Theory, which identifies three modalities of Drag: radical, transtemporal, and abstract, challenging norms of gender, temporality, and representation.
This reflection is complemented by Drag examples such as Margaret y Ya, Gad Yola, and Aviesc Who?, illustrating how these practices subvert order
and generate alternative queer subjectivities. In conclusion, sponge technologies are proposed as an invertebrate methodology that facilitates the
constant transformation of subjectivities through Drag as a disruptive practice that reimagines bodies and identities from the perspective of otherness.