I Can See Queerly Now: Visualizing Queer Theory by Creating a Personal Gay History

Liminality;Photobooth;Queer Collections;Queer Personae;Queer Pop;Queer Theory;Queer Valentine;Queering;Shaman Johnny;Shamanism;Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design

Gutoskey, JohnDoris, David T. ;

University of Michigan

关键词: Liminality;    Photobooth;    Queer Collections;    Queer Personae;    Queer Pop;    Queer Theory;    Queer Valentine;    Queering;    Shaman Johnny;    Shamanism;    Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design;   

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瑞士|英语

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【 摘 要 】

This paper recounts my attempts to visualize the concepts and ideas of queertheory in my studio practice through collecting, collage, assemblage, printmaking,installation, and performance. I focus on the concept of ;;queering” and how to translatethis visually and linguistically to the creation of objects, people, and place using my ownpersonal gay history as a reference point. I look at at what it means to ;;queer” objectsthrough curation and display using my private collections as examples. I present myattempts to apply the concepts of queer theory to my studio practice using print media,gay valentines, the self portrait, and old scholastic photos of myself as another way ofcreating a gay personal visual history. I look at language through queer slang and theeffect of being taunted for being perceived as queer and as a way of going back andmarking myself and my childhood as queer. I employ images of St. Sebastian tovisualize the concepts of shame and abjection. I look at queer space through ArnoldVan Gennep and Victor Turner’s work on liminality, and explore queer personaethrough the lens of shamanism. I then discuss the creation of the installation, ShamanJohnny’s Pop-Up Shop & Gallery, and show how it visualizes the main concepts ofqueer theory. I describe the queer or alternative persona, Shaman Johnny, and thecreation of a sacred space that allows for the experience of queerness throughliminality. I close with a final assessment of the installation, Shaman Johnny’s Pop-UpShop & Gallery.