This is a new project hoping to feature portraits of queer people in Belfast, including drag performers, activists, performance artists and those embracing a hopeful queer existence in community: joyful resistance!
The works will be inspired by fantasies or dystopias where femme power is subverted using photography and sculpture. I aim to create a contemporary magic iconography to speak to and with those who feel excluded by traditional religion but crave the ritual that builds community. The work will ‘queer’ ancient religious rites and relics and create a world playfully subverting of the dominant narratives around our emotional and sexual lives.
My initial research questionnaire found that people who have left organised religion miss ritual, dressing in costume, colours and light. I want to offer people the chance to become their own icon. Please contact me if you are interested in taking part:
