OUTSIDER BODIES
Social teasers for an upcoming Queer Art Festival dedicated to our celestial BODIES.
In a state—and a world—where queer and trans bodies are increasingly under threat, OUTsider offers this festival as both shield and sword, as altar and rave.
In this late capitalist and late colonialist era–when all forms of life are being eliminated through genocide and climate catastrophe–what does it mean to hold still for the camera and for our queer bodies and trans bodies to be photographed? What does it mean for these same bodies to want to move, to gesture, to vocalize, and to express a thought, a feeling, a desire? How can we grapple with the fact that our bodies signal a threat for some and are a symbol of liberation for others–most importantly, to ourselves?
Organization :: OUTsider (Austin, Texas)
Creative Direction + Design :: Rolando Sepulveda II