Critical Writing Index

Curatorial Incubator v. 17: On the Other Side – It's Heaven!

by Lisa Steele

Toronto: V tape, 2021

ISBN 978-0-9867810-8-7

This publication, produced in conjunction with Vtape's annual Curatorial Incubator titled On the Other Side – It's Heaven!,finds its programmers taking very divergent approaches to the theme of "the other side." In this edition, the programmers explore queer identities in sex work presented through the zine "Gendertrash from Hell"; the creation of black, queer utopias as a contrast to our current circumstances; intimacy and understanding within our relationships; and the dimensions of a possible heaven on earth.

Contents:

Introduction, by Lisa Stele

Gendertrash From Hell: To Heaven, by Crocus Collective (Dallas Fellini and Karina Iskandarsjah)

A World of Our Own: Creating Black Queer Utopias, by Mahlet Cuff

Embodied Intimacies: Gesturing Towards Understanding, by Ashley Raghubir

Spirit, Feeding, by Joy Xiang

ITEM 2021.008 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Tremblement de Chair – Mirha-Soleil Ross and Mark Karbusicky

Madame Lauraine's Transsexual Touch – Mirha-Soleil Ross, Viviane Namaste, and Monica Forrester

Allo Performance! – Mirha-Soleil and Mark Karbusicky

Black Queer Affection (Tryptich) – Abdi Osman

Red Lips [Cages for Black Girls] – Kyisha Williams

Time Will Come – Natalie Wood

A Kiki with Bobby Bowen – Ayo Tsalithaba

How to Explain Performance Art to My Teenage Daughter – Rachel Echenberg

Spatial Rhythms – Jorge Lozano

Maigre Dog – Donna James

Unkraut – Karina Griffith

Real Cadences and a Quiet Colour – Erika DeFreitas

I'm Starving – Yau Ching

La Liste est Longue – Guy Wouete

The Weight of the Sun and the Moon – Yudi Sewraj

Lumapit Sa Akin, Paraiso (Come to Me, Paradise) – Stephanie Comilang

New Materials in the Reading of the World – Chooc Ly Tan