Anti-Transgender Legislation:
In an exploration of gender identity, I have been exploring and confronting the anti-transgender legislation that haunts me, combining every single anti-trans bill that has been introduced, engrossed, or passed in 2023 into a single document and a series of projects that form my undergraduate art honors thesis.
Photography and Installation
Handmade Ephemera and Performance
Untitled, handmade paper
Untitled, handmade paper
Where do we go from here? fly larvae and wildflowers on handmade paper
Where do we go from here? detail
Another Bug, laser etching on handmade paper
Another Bug, detail
GWYNST, screenprint and wildflowers on handmade paper
Impression of Bloom! woodcut embossed on handmade paper
Impression of Bloom! detail
The Boys at the Bar, type on handmade paper
Untitled, handmade paper
Untitled, photo print on legislation
Pulp! an exhibition zine, screen print and risograph print on paper and legislation
Tuning In, steel and alarm clock radio
Tuning In, steel and alarm clock radio
Hard to Swallow, performance
Hard to Swallow, performance
Hard to Swallow, performance
Hard to Swallow Performed at Rhizome
With Photography from Cody Bahn
In my performance “Hard to Swallow”, I eat a pound of paper pulp. Blended anti-transgender legislation is consumed by the artist over the period of about an hour. 2024 is the fifth consecutive record-breaking year for total number of anti-trans bills considered in the U.S. By passing through a trans body, this restrictive legislation is transformed into art in an act of resistance.
