PERFORMING THE SISSY’S PROGRESS
HOW NANDO MESSIAS TRANSFORMED HATE INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
“My work has become much more political since suffering the attack,” says Brazilian performance artist Nando Messias, clad in a queer femme chic of understated eyeliner and magenta lipstick. The 42-year-old’s demure femininity doesn’t cause a ruffle in the cosmopolitan cafe of Foyles bookshop.