I am so honored to be included in the 4T – The Trans Body Rights
Ar/ctivist Archive exhibiton at the Queer Museum of Vienna curated by Gin Müller & Tomka Weiß with four of my photographs sewn into the group quilt. I think combining mediums of photography and quilting is so powerful, and its so fun to search and find my works, and discover what other trans people sent in for this project.
I encourage you to go and check out the exhibit in Vienna if you can, and let me know if you find my pics! The exhibit runs until the 15th of December.
https://www.queermuseumvienna.com/en/4t-the-trans-body-rights-ar-ctivist-archive/
1. Genderful Shrooms
This is an arrangement of colorful mushrooms I have dehydrated and collected over the past few years. Many of these mushrooms have wonderful memories and stories associated with their harvests. Did you know that the Split Gill Mushroom, Schizophyllum commune, has 23,000 sexes? Discovering the nonbinaryness of nature was a large part of why I have learned so much about the local mycological landscape in Berlin.
source-https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/patty-kaishian-fungi-queer-ecology/
2. Purim Katan Still life
Early during my transition, I started regularly wearing a head covering, sometimes a tichel, sometimes a kippah depending on the gender feelings of the day. I created a transgender flag-colored kippah that I like to wear at events where I want to make sure those who know can see my head and know Trans Jews exist and always have been a part of Jewish history and community. The painting in the background I made this year has the Hebrew word “chai” on it, meaning life. Hung on a corner is a Trans Jewish star I created, the 3D symbol of one of my painting signatures.
3. An easel for Toni Ebel
In winter of 2022-2023 I crowdfunded and then bought easels to paint for the Magnus Hirschfeld Gesselschaft. I wanted to make sure they had some easels to hold the art they were storing and display it with care. When they got the incredible Toni Ebel painting of the fjord I wanted to paint a personalized easel for this incredible masterpiece. I took it with me through the U-Bahn network and found this beautiful yellow tiled wall to take its photograph before I dropped it off at the archive.
4. Grown with the help of injectables
When I first got my hands on a camera I was around 4 or 5 years old I remember being so fascinated with the leg hair of my father. I remember taking a photo of his leg hair and comparing it to my own and being so devastated. At that age, I knew that something wasn’t right if my legs wouldn’t look like his…I grew beautiful dark leg hair as I got older, but it did not develop its thickness, curls, and length until I started injecting testosterone. Every time I realize that I was able to make the choice to have this beautiful hair that brings me such gender euphoria I feel very grateful I could give my child self this current trans reality.
Mycelium Memory 