Goldberg Variations
By Clayton Lee (Canada)
A co-presentation with Portland Institute for Contemporary Art/TBA Festival
September 11 and 12, 2026
Performance artist Clayton Lee entangles classical music (Johann Sebastian Bach) and professional wrestling (Bill Goldberg), with an unfiltered exploration of queer desire and fantasy (his own). The Goldberg Variations takes audiences on a reckless, tender, and at times unhinged deep-dive into the tensions between dominance, submission, heartbreak, and vulnerability.