"With the old definitions of The Future now quite literally out of date, there has never been a better time to create the truly new." - Chi Chi Valenti
Click + Drag, was the Manhattan nightlife hybrid that ruled Saturday nights at the legendary club MOTHER and later at Chinatowns FUN from 1995 through 2001. Birthed from a body of work started by founding members CHI CHI VALENTI, KITTY BOOTS and ROB ROTH at Jackie 60, Click + Drag was an amalgamation of art, fashion and atmosphere consistently blending computer-age references with a theatrical sensibility, sexual ambiguity and a strict dress code, rigidly enforced on the famous and the up-and-coming equally. ( cyber, fetish, gothic, post-apocolyptic, sexy robot, glamnerd, leather, vinyl, rubber, genderhacking, imaginative head-to-toe black, full period costume or theme-inspired. Absolutely no denim, khaki, business suits, or athletic wear, ever.)
Click + Drag's audience was a eclectic mix of downtowns elite, hardware fetishists and teenage hackers who often cited the sexually-charged atmosphere, best-dressed audience, and Roth's unprecedented visuals among the night's greatest lures. The night even drew celebrities like the SPICE GIRLS , director GUS VAN ZANT, supermodel KAREN ELSON, and designers MARC JACOBS and STEPHEN SPROUCE.
The pioneering "Cyber/Fetish/Gender-Hacking" party, which ushered out the 20th Century in style and returned with a bang last year, launched its second annual Future-Spectacle (Click + Drag 3.1, The Second Coming) on October 17,2009. Two of Click's founding producers - director and visual artist ROB ROTH and nightlife impresario CHI CHI VALENTI of THE JACKIE FACTORY birthed this year's epic event at sympatico venue SANTOS PARTY HOUSE. CLICK 3.0 + annuals are presented in New York City during the fall season. Check back here for info on Click + Drag 3.2 for 2010.
Click + Drag 3.1 "The Second Coming" from Rob Roth on Vimeo.
Click + Drag 1.0 (1996 - 2000)
