My Queer Blackness, My Black Queerness Explores Identity
Ellen Smith — July 13, 2020 — Art & Design
My Queer Blackness, My Black Queerness is a digital art project that's shining a light on an often marginalized community, bringing queer Black artists together to share their experiences through a creative lens.
Taking a global approach, this project includes a daily journal that chronicles the experiences of trans and non-binary writers, as well as video, photography and literature from other artists. In addition to exploring culture and identity through a variety of mediums, this project fundraises for TransWave Jamaica and For The Gworls -- two charities with work that centers around protecting the Black trans community. For this three-week fundraiser, 12 artists donated photographs that represent their interpretation of Black queerness.
The prints range from £100 to £1,000 GBP with all proceeds being donated.
Image Credit: Emmanuel Sanchez-Monsalve
Taking a global approach, this project includes a daily journal that chronicles the experiences of trans and non-binary writers, as well as video, photography and literature from other artists. In addition to exploring culture and identity through a variety of mediums, this project fundraises for TransWave Jamaica and For The Gworls -- two charities with work that centers around protecting the Black trans community. For this three-week fundraiser, 12 artists donated photographs that represent their interpretation of Black queerness.
The prints range from £100 to £1,000 GBP with all proceeds being donated.
Image Credit: Emmanuel Sanchez-Monsalve
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