{"id":594,"date":"2022-04-06T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/?p=594"},"modified":"2022-04-07T09:25:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T08:25:59","slug":"an-evening-of-gender-exploration-through-performance-and-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/an-evening-of-gender-exploration-through-performance-and-art\/","title":{"rendered":"An Evening of Gender Exploration Through Performance and Art.\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Continuing conversations after LGBTQ+ History Month, Arnolfini hosted an evening of visual work which included a performance of \u2018Beyond the Buzzwords\u2019<\/em> by internationally renowned queer artist and icon, Del LaGrace Volcano.<\/a>  This was a collaboration with UWE\u2019s School of Art & Designs Visual Culture Research Group and Social Sciences Research Group.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The evening was opened by UWE\u2019s Rachel Miles, Senior Lecturer of Visual Culture, and Bristol performance artist Tom Marshman<\/a> with a rendition of \u2018Deuce 2\u2019. The performance explored gender and sexuality whilst growing up in the 80s. The performance focused on finding solidarity and friendship in other LGBTQ+ individuals and was structured around a Vanity Fair cover, released in 1993, with Kd Lang and Cindy Crawford. The image was deemed progressive for the time for being a visual representation of queer relationships in media.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up was Del LaGrace Volcano, an international photographer known for their work documenting LGBTQ+ lives, and promoting queer culture. Del LaGrace shared their creative inspiration, which is embedded in the firm belief in non-hierarchal societies and relationships. Their feminist methodology centralises working with people, rather than objectifying bodies as sites for consumption. Del La Grace talked openly about ageing, relationships, raising children as non-binary and the societal resistance they have faced in this decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Del LaGrace shared their personal and professional journey through imagery, with an expansive archive of photographs taken throughout their career. From growing up attending political and civil rights events to years attending art school in San Francisco, Del LaGrace portrays the often-overlooked LGBTQ+ communities in America since the 80s. They also shared multiple, powerful images of global pride marches with well-known icons such as Ian McKellen.    <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Del LaGrace was assigned female at birth but now identifies as a gender queer, intersex artist. They have focused on raising awareness of intersex, queer, trans and marginalised lives through photography, focusing on portrait images and images of the body as a site for exploration and expression. Threaded throughout the talk was the consistent message of making queer bodies more visible, and how they have been historically contested in media and society. They discussed the use of photography as a form of activism and as a way of celebrating gender non-conformity.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event was attended by UWE staff and students and the general public. Thank you to the event organisers for an insightful and engaging evening. You can read an interview with Del LaGrace Volcano, with Bristol magazine, 24\/7 here.<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuing conversations after LGBTQ+ History Month, Arnolfini hosted an evening of visual work which included a performance of \u2018Beyond the Buzzwords\u2019 by internationally renowned queer artist and icon, Del LaGrace Volcano.  This was a collaboration with UWE\u2019s School of Art & Designs Visual Culture Research Group and Social Sciences Research Group. The evening was opened by … Continue reading “An Evening of Gender Exploration Through Performance and Art.\u00a0\u00a0“<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[54,44,22,45],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-lgbt","tag-gender","tag-lgbt-history-month","tag-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}