"QUEERIOUS: the Politics of Gender Identity"
Curated by Julius Poncelet Manapul (they/them)
June-August 2023 Online Exhibition
https://express.adobe.com/page/f2tFY32GTo8ok/
26 Artists: Reymond Shea Lise, Liam Curran, Raastiin, Avi Goodman, Elijah Harrison, Jay Jeong, Vivian Zhang, Ren Vitug, Alexis Nanibush-Pamajewong, Nima Parniani, Omar T. Zayed, Pauline Jondy, Yetong Qi, Kai Lumbang, Alice Wong, Unity Chiu, Mars/Margot Brighton, Leon Kim, Olivia DU, YiZ, Minseo Kim, Hannah Kryworuchko, Juni Magdalene, Nadia Da Silva, Joe Woolfe, and Anastasia Hryciuk.
A collection of 26 creators works by artists, creators, digital media makers, and designers tackling the criticality within the LGBTQ2S+ Communities. These sets of works came out of the Making Gender: LGBTQ2S+ Course at OCAD University, Fall 2022.
Tackling issues of gender representations, relationships, beliefs, and cultural stands that informs the ongoing conversation in Queer and Gender Theory, coming from different backgrounds, experiences, and criticality. Outside the Box Collective are proud in support of QUEERIOUS: The Politics of Gender Identity.
This catalogue of works echo’s the uncompromising Queerious narratives beyond the politics of gender identity. Covering a multi-disciplinary body of works that challenges the homonormative and homonationalist state of passive compliance to make way to gender fluidity, culture, beliefs, rituals, kinships, languages, and lived experiences outside the normative state of being, creating cathartic expressions of diverse individuals and materials through adversity. This online show explores the four chapters: "Queerious Gender Play", "Queerious Cultural Kinships", "Queerious Childhoods & Be-longings", and "Queerious Rituals". As one of my teaching philosophy I encourage creators who are more comfortable in writing in ones own language to do so followed by the colonial English translations. This was a way for me to celebrate, respects and create accessible inclusive presentations of other cultures and be more equitable and attain a decolonial process of pedagogies without the act of erasure and assimilation that perpetuates colonial narratives.
The purpose of this show is to create a space of dialogue for under-represented narratives excavated within the complexities in the queer communities that informs and reclaim a place of cultural and global awareness in the possibilities of Queer Futurities, beyond the dawn horizon where the sun touches visibility and clarity.
Curated by Julius Poncelet Manapul (they/them/ze)
In support with the Outside The Box Collective: Julius Poncelet Manapul & Neda Omidvar.
"We at Outside the Box Collective are pleased to present our inaugural online exhibition, highlighting the works of 26 emerging artists and creators with their personal narratives. What stuck to me the most was how the artists and creators were invited and encouraged to write in their own language, thus highlighting the individuality of each creator. We encourage you to take your time going through this exhibition, as each maker adds their own unique touch" - Neda Omidvar