SWEAT

Installation view of a room with varying brightly-colored soft artworks suspended from the ceiling via thin cord or string. In the center, a square column, to the right, a low, freestanding set of shelves with various objects, and piles of pillows. In the foreground, to the left of the column, a freestanding metal fire pit, contents unknown.

We could be having so much fun: An interview with Melissa Steckbauer

Sentient. This is the word that resonates with me after my meeting with American multimedia artist Melissa Steckbauer, and it describes her perfectly. During our meeting, she laughed many times…

In the center, a group of eight people stand in a circle holding each other’s arms/wrists outstretched in a naturally lit rehearsal/dance studio. They are all barefoot and wearing loose white underwear briefs, in addition to varying white tops (tanks, tees, hoodie). There is a large white fabric hanging loosely from the ceiling onto the floor behind and to the left of the performers.

FLUSS

box. box. box. box. inside the box, establish the points & hit them. stay within the designated lines. 7. 6. 4. 3. 6. 2. 2. 6. i turn around nothing…

Installation view. In the center of a dark room, a black and white video is projected onto a screen. In the video, a person is standing amongst tree branches with long skinny leaves. The person has their hair down, bold makeup outlining their eyebrows, eyes, and lips. They’re wearing a black strappy top, and some dark chest hair is visible. A line of subtitles overlays their hands in front of their chest reading “Melancholy wraps around me”.

QUEER AS A WAY OF SEEING THE WORLD: COLONY

Colony is a loaded word. It comes with layers of meaning, hiding and seeking and sometimes re-emerging with queer possibilities. Predominantly describing a type of relationship between humans and (other)…

EDITORIAL ISSUE #6: ASSHOLES

We have proudly produced a deep and potent mini-theme: ASSHOLES. This subject, so pervasive and visible in our society when it comes to patriarchs, remains unspoken, odorless, douched, and shamed…

THE SPRAWLS – THE PHOTOS

Gender can create a sensory experience of tangible and virtual borders, as well as conscious and unconscious ones. These spatial and cultural frontiers are essential points of reference for our…

THE SPRAWLS

Gender can create a sensory experience of tangible and virtual borders, as well as conscious and unconscious ones. These spatial and cultural frontiers are essential points of reference for our…

Meatspace – The Photos

Do we build an identity onto our bodies like a hermit crab builds a shell or do our bodies -and other bodies- force an identity onto us? Where do our…

Meatspace

Do we build an identity onto our bodies like a hermit crab builds a shell or do our bodies -and other bodies- force an identity onto us? Where do our…

LABOR OR LABOR: A QUEER FEMINIST EXPERIENCE

Imperialist and sexist systems of control are imprinted in the way society thinks about -and acts around- labor. Be it how we work, how we give birth, or how we…

LABOR OR LABOR – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS #5

Imperialist and sexist systems of control are imprinted in the way society thinks about, and acts around, labor. Be it how we work, how we give birth, or how we…