(Ab) Normal & ( Un) Natural:

Performing Identity & Engendering Resistance

Art Exhibition

This exhibition is constructed around printed portions of my medical transcript, providing viewers with firsthand access to the process of collecting data to formulate a pathology for Gender Dysphoria. The exhibition also includes those sections of transcript as an audio experience, illuminating the assumptions under which they defined the parameters of normalcy, the speculative nature of their diagnostic process, and the violence—lived and implied—of their corrective therapies. Placed in front of—positioned to interrupt the linear presentation of the transcript—is a selection of four photographs drawn from Sé’s life that tell a story of resistance.

Write Up Links for :

(Ab) NORMAL & (Un) NATURAL: Performing Identity & Engendering Resistance

• “'We Just Want to Be' @ Spark Arts” :: link :: (Bay Area Reporter)

• “Two-day event highlights California roots of horrific trans youth ‘conversion therapy’” :: link :: (48 Hills)

• “Conversion Therapy Survivor Spearheads New Documentary in Development: We Just Want to Be” :: link :: (SF Bay Area Times)

2022 Sparks Arts San Francisco

Art Exhibition and Talk (Ab) NORMAL & (Un) NATURAL: Performing Identity & Engendering Resistance

2020 UC Berkeley

Art Exhibition and Talk (Ab) NORMAL & (Un) NATURAL: Performing Identity & Engendering Resistance 2019    

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Art Exhibition and Talk (Ab) NORMAL & (Un) NATURAL: Performing Identity & Engendering Resistance

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Art Exhibition and Talk (Ab) NORMAL & (Un) NATURAL: Performing Identity & Engendering Resistance

Mills College

Art Exhibition and Talk (Ab) NORMAL & (Un) NATURAL: Performing Identity & Engendering Resistance