Blue Apollo, velvet curtain, porcelain, motorized light, disco ball, and scent (scent replicates the smell of a queer nightlife space), 2018.
Blue Apollo, installation detail, 2018.
Blue Apollo is a large-scale installation that engages nightlife aesthetics to connect the 1969
lunar landing and space exploration with historic and contemporary forms of
queer liberation.
The installation includes drawings, collage, textual pieces, ceramic sculpture,
scent, and lighting. Considering a New Space Era, this body of work presents a possibility that
dismantles colonial, heteropatriarchal, and militaristic histories that have defined
how outer space is understood in the greater American consciousness, by presenting the possibility of a space imaginary that poetically mutates these narratives
into boundless queer explorations.
Downtown Los Angeles 2018 and Downtown Los Angeles 1969, color pencil and acrylic on board, 2018.
Downtown Los Angeles 1969, color pencil and acrylic on board, 2018.Included in the installation is Downtown LA 1969 and Downtown LA 2018, two
drawings that depict the geographic locations of LGBTQ bars as stars in a dark
sky—functioning as both maps and imaginary constellations. The immersive
installation also engages aesthetics inspired by queer nightlife spaces and anchors
the space with a fifty-foot black velvet curtain, a glowing blue spotlight cast onto
the floor, and a dance floor-like installation of 500 lbs. of fired-loose porcelain.
The blue light acts as the only light source in the gallery which also includes a
disco ball and a sprayed scent that mimics the smells of a bar.
Blue Apollo, velvet curtain, porcelain, motorized light, disco ball, and scent (scent replicates the smell of a queer nightlife space), 2018.
Blue Apollo, installation detail, 2018.
Blue Apollo, installation detail, 2018.
Dance Floor (Image 1), collage and paint on wood, 2018.
Under the Light of a Thousand Moons, collage and paint on wood, 2018.
Blue Apollo, installation detail, 2018.
Blue Apollo, installation detail, 2018.