Image: Africa Barrero-Alexander
This event is part of our season platforming the voices of LGBTQIA+ artists. Click here to see all the events running in July.
Join Africa Barrero-Alexander in this online artist talk where Africa will share his recent work This Body Was Carved From Stone, documenting his medical transition.
Africa is photography student about to graduate in BA Photography at The University of the West of England. Africa will be talking through his honest and powerful personal work exploring their complex relationship with gender and the medical system. Following Africa’s presentation of the work he will be in conversation with Arts & Health Hub Director Daniel Regan, with a subsequent open Q&A.
“This Body Was Carved From Stone explores and reflects on my experience as a transgender man, and the effect this has had on my life and my relationships with the people around me. I explore both the positives and the negatives of this experience: the difficulties I faced whilst navigating childhood and puberty, but also the joy I’ve found in discovering myself and defining my own identity.
Questioning my identity and sense of self over the years has led me to develop a deeply complex relationship with gender. This internal journey I’ve been on since childhood was externalised once I began my social and medical transition, choosing to show the outside world the person I have always known myself to be. Through my photographic self-portraiture, I am learning to carve a space for myself within a hostile social landscape that actively rejects and denies my existence. I use the camera to show my reality as I see and experience it, and to record both the physical and emotional changes I go through as my transition progresses. My journey is one of intensive self-reflection, self-liberation, and learning to take pride in my identity.”
More Info:
The event will be hosted on Zoom and lasts for an hour.
The event is not being recorded.
Everyone is welcome at this event - queer or not, all genders, races etc.
Questions etc
If you're not sure if this event is for you or if you have any questions please contact info@artsandhealthhub.org.
Cost.
Free!
