Transistors
@ Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, February 21st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, March 22nd
Transistors, in a practical sense, are semiconductor devices capable of amplification and rectification. They are ubiquitous in daily life and enhance our abilities to communicate, listen, & quite literally, hear each other. As a trans arts-laborer, I am seeking to find ways for other queer artists and arts-laborers to not only find each other through creating accessible networks for unification and solidarity in a rigorous art world, but to also create a space to openly interrogate frustrating issues facing queer artists and laborers, through dialogues with artists, educators and activists working in Chicago today.
This is primarily NOT an exhibition. It is a living node of connection in hopes of offering needed resources & experiences for a marginalized group of voices within the arts world. On view will be A. Klass’s “trans in public” photography series, alongside a reading & resource library. During the run of the project, we will manifest micro studio visits, a writing & research residency, “the chart” with photographer A. Klass, and a series of public programs & dialogues driven by queer artists & thinkers within Chicago that will be recorded, transcribed and archived via a publication.
Artists currently involved with the transistors project include: Jared Brown, Cameron Clayborn, Oscar Chavez, Angela Davis Fegan, Adam Greteman, Emily S. Kennedy, Jada Amina Harvey, Betsy Johnson, Anisa McGowan, and Luan Joy Sherman.
Above image: Theo, 2018 by A. Klass (Part of “Trans in Public” Series)
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Tags: Adam Greteman, Angela Davis Fegan, Anisa McGowan, Ariel Gentelan, Betsy Johnson, Cameron Clayborn, Chicago, Edgewater, Emily S. Kennedy, Jada Amina Harvey, Jared Brown, Loyola University, Luan Joy Sherman, Oscar Chavez, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Transistors
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