Vigil, 2020, photograph, dimensions variable 

This self-portrait is developed from a study of American queer respectability politics and queer public memorialization in the last fifty years. My image stands to do public mourning in the space opened by these historical practices. It is influenced by the urgent work of ACT UP, Gran Fury, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and their interactions with Catholic motifs. 

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