Allen Baylosis’s dissertation explores the aesthetic and affective dimensions of “erotics” and “excess” by advancing the Tagalog word kálat, which translates to “litter,” “waste,” “mess,” “scattered,” and “disorder.” Baylosis operationally defines kálat as the “erotics of excess” and uses it as an analytic tool to understand transnational and diasporic Filipinx/o encounters as enacted and embodied in contemporary Filipinx/o Canadian aesthetic practices, including collage, neoburlesque, contemporary dance, theater, and experimental performances.

Allen Baylosis is a PhD candidate and has taught at the University of British Columbia in Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice. He holds an MA in Performance Studies from New York University and a BA in Speech Communication from the University of the Philippines Diliman. His work has appeared in the Canadian Theatre Review and BC Studies. He is currently writing his dissertation, “Filipino Brown Erotics: Racial Affect and Queer Performances of Excess,” which examines how contemporary performances shape transnational and transformative conversations about queer, racial, cultural, and sexual politics in the Filipino Canadian diaspora and beyond.