Vancouver, B.C.
“…being an artist has been a way i can teach and learn…” -Kimmortal
Teodoro Alcuitas
Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com)
Filipinx rapper and singer K!MMORTAL brings her music to the halls of Vancouver’s prestigious Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia campus.
FRI OCT 22 2021 8PM
Chan Shun Concert Hall
Kim Villagante (Kimmortal) is a visual arts graduate of UBC in 2011 and returns to her alma mater as Kimmortal, the performer.
“I went to UBC for visual arts for five and a half years and graduated in 2011. it was in this time that i learned about intersectional feminism and about activism within qtbipoc communities. There wasn’t an “Artivism” @ubcartsculture student led movement and i know if i was a student now i’d be a part of this in some way. When i was a little kid, i wanted to be a teacher and thought i’m not the traditional teacher, being an artist has been a way i can teach and learn,” she told PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) by Messenger.
The Vancouver-based queer, non-binary Filipinx rapper and singer caps a successful tour which saw performances in Sweden and Germany.
Kimmortal ends UBC Artivism 2021 with a bang, performing live at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts October 22 at 8 PM.
Expect a bold mix of live visual-art projections, songs, and poetry, as Kimmortal wraps up the UBC Artivism 2021: Queering the Self festival in style.
Kimmortal brings their own energized brand of big beats, experimental electronics, and empowering and often political lyrics.
As their album X marks the Swirl so vividly demonstrated, Kimmortal works across genres, mixing alt-rap, soul, and electronic with spoken word, rap, and melody-driven passages. That album was longlisted for the prestigious Polaris Prize and with a backing band, they’ve performed everywhere from SXSW to JUNOfest, Rifflandia, and the Winnipeg Pride Festival., where Kimmortal headlined
As their album X marks the Swirl so vividly demonstrated, Kimmortal works across genres, mixing alt-rap, soul, and electronic with spoken word, rap, and melody-driven passages. That album was longlisted for the prestigious Polaris Prize and with a backing band, they’ve performed everywhere from SXSW to JUNOfest, Rifflandia, and the Winnipeg Pride Festival., where Kimmortal headlined
The annual Artivism event, meanwhile, has been hosting discussions and shows since September 24, providing space for underrepresented voices from the community and beyond to explore the intersections of their identity through the lens of the digital.(Stir)
Kimmortal’s bio:
“I’m kim aka kimmortal. im a queer non binary filipinx-canadian artist, settler based on unceded coast salish territory. my gifted ancestors are from pangasinan and negros occidental and i belong to a big circle of queer trans femme filipinx healers. i am a powerful and soulful multidisciplinary artist/artivist in rap, song, theatre, poetry, and visual art. i give immense gratitude to Black and Indigenous and POC liberation and healing arts for the artist I am today and becoming. i have released 2 full length albums that have been nominated, have toured extensively for theatre and music, worked as a poetry and claymation facilitator for youth, and have animated many music videos. I am currently building my next album that will be released in Spring 2022!
Kimmortal is a queer non-binary filipinx artist and rapper known for their powerful stage presence and multi-dimensional approach to music. Based in Vancouver, BC on the unceded Coast Salish territories, Kimmortal’s alt-rap/soul electronic album “X marks the Swirl” incorporates spoken word, rap, and field recordings of water that Kim created over a five year process. The album was longlisted for a Polaris, recognized as top 19 albums of 2019 via CBC, and nominated in the 2020 “Hip Hop and Rap” category of Breakout West Music Awards. Kimmortal has opened for some of their favourite artists including Shad K, Ruby Ibarra, Saba, Bif Naked, Saul Williams, and Gabriel Teodros. They have performed in SXSW, Junofest, Rifflandia, NXNE, and headlined the Winnipeg Pride Festival. Kimmortal’s newest projects are set to be released in 2022.
With a rare mix of the hyper-personal with the broadly engaging; stylized, but also stripped bare, K!MMORTAL’s big beats, experimental electronics, and commanding lyrics burst with urgency, power, and presence. A queer, non-binary Filipinx rapper and singer, their parallel work as a visual and theatre artist adds depth to their already compelling interplay of poetics and politics.
K!MMORTAL’s far-ranging alt-rap/soul/electronic album X marks the Swirl incorporates spoken word, rap, and melody-driven passages. It was longlisted for the prestigious Polaris Prize, named one of the “Top 19 Albums of 2019” by the CBC, and nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award. They’ve been blowing up ever since, performing at SXSW, JUNOfest, Rifflandia, NXNE, and headlining the Winnipeg Pride Festival. Expect a killer backing band, live visual art projections, and bold new songs and poems from an incredibly gifted talent. Kimmortal is at the bleeding edge of a powerfully resonant journey through art, that confronts injustice and celebrates community and we’re all the richer for having them as a guide.
“Kimmortal has a voice that needs to be heard.” – Exclaim Magazine