Juliana Lueking

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Juliana Lueking dubbed the "Queen of Spoken Word" writes and records stories about eccentric folks and the odd things they do. She was a unique part of the 80s hardcore scene in Washington, DC, where she jumped on stage between bands to perform gripping monologues. Her first record, Wheel, (Simple Machines Records), scored rave fanzine reviews and "hit the college radio airwaves...with a quiet, biting sense of stark reality." (Groundbelly)

Juliana's Kill Rock Stars release, She's Good People, is packed with charmingly peculiar stories recorded at the 1992 Riot Grrrl Convention. She wrote and produced Big Broad, a CD of 30 humorous gems with lush sound scores, and DreamCumGoDown, a mischievous documentary CD of sex truths and fantasies. (Tracks are now available via digital download.)

She is a guest on Semiautomatic's CD Resident Genius, and Le Tigre features her voiceovers on their CDs. One of her video shorts, Playing Doctor, is part of KRS Video Fanzine #1, and Some People I Know #2: Truth, is a highlight of the KRS Video Fanzine 2005. Now living in Brooklyn, New York, Juliana is writing a new generation of stories for radio and internet broadcast, and examining the twists and turns of life with documentary videos.

Juliana received both a media arts grant and a performance art grant from the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and an interdisciplinary grant from the New Forms Regional Grant Program. She was also selected as artist in residence for the District of Columbia Youth Outreach Program.

For a picture see here.