Drag Queen Memory Game

Meet our 30 queens in and out of drag in Drag Queen Memory Game: a diverse, fierce and fabulous game. The vibrant photographs by Dim Balsem explore the different clothing styles, make-up and characters that represent the wide array of subcultures within the drag world. The before-and-after photos are taken in the same environment to allow easier recognition when picking sets of two. With this game you will enter the world of Dutch Drag Queens, they all have amazing and heroic stories to tell. In the accompanying booklet you can discover what their drag character taught them and what life lessons they have for us. In the end, you will find that we have more in common than the differences that separate us.

Dim Balsem graduated from The Hague Academy in 2009. He has an associative, raw and sleek style. His main interest is humans. He makes associative documentary work depicting masculinity, femininity, self reflection, beauty and personality. Maaike Strengholt is a self-thought artist that focuses on film, multimedia, and photography to trace the development of empathy, understanding, and growth amongst human audiences. She has an interest in countercultures, exploring topics that are labeled taboo as part of her ongoing effort to visual research human culture and its movements.