The starting point for this collaborative project with the architect Sebastian Acker was the ongoing controversy around the reconstruction of Dresden’s Frauenkirche (Church of our Ladies) and its surrounding buildings. The church’s facade continues to fuel debates over the city’s authenticity, truth and masquerade. The church has been referred to as a dressed up whore, alluring to the notion that this new/old church is a fake – an artifice. It is precisely this theatrical, camp aspect of Dresden, the city ‘dressing up’ which was our starting point. Taking Susan Sonntag’s notion of camp being a means of perception, CAMPing Dresden was an approach to view the city in a camp / performative way. During the residency we staged a series of performative interventions and events in the city, including a lip-sync performance in an elevator, colouring horse crap gold or having my portrait done in drag.