bodymind: exploring a trans disabled present
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Authors
Graham, Aiyana
Issue Date
4/10/2024 , 4/10/2024
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Transgender , Disability , Painting , Art , Language
Alternative Title
Abstract
This paper explores the relationships between transgender and disabled identity through the lenses of art and language, examining my series of 12 portrait-style paintings with adjoining components of hand-built pedestals, canvases, and benches made out of laminated wood and unraveled trans tape. It functions to create conversation about transgender and/or disabled experiences through narratives of language and pleasure to honor transgender and disabled people while they are still living, providing a sense of community and context, as well as a refutation of narratives that exclude and diminish transgender and disabled people.