“Heterosexuality isn’t normal, it’s just common.”

Derek Jarman’s inspiring intervention to #queer and question and to overturn the hegemonic ossified assumptions in society.

Derek Jarman. "At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament," London: Hutchinson, 1992, p. 17.

#DerekJarman #queering #assumptions

#June1st
Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

On the 30th anniversary of Derek Jarman's passing, close #friend and collaborator Tilda Swinton reads Jarman’s poem #Chroma, reminiscing on memories in #Beijing.

Derek Jarman wrote this #poem when he was losing his #eyesight and became very interested in #colour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OFcYHTVhNA

#Pride2026 #notforgotten #poets #filmmakers #costumedesigners #gardeners #scholaractivists #queering #intersectionality

#poeticlicense #Chroma #DerekJarman

#TildaSwinton

Åsa Johannesson est une artiste suédoise qui travaille à la croisée de la photographie et de l’écriture. Au cours des deux dernières décennies, elle a en particulier exploré la relation complexe entre l’identité queer et la représentation photographique.

« Le projet “The Queering of Photography” (2015–2024) explore la relation complexe entre l’identité queer et la représentation photographique. Ce projet a été réalisé à l’aide d’un appareil photo à plaque grand format, en collaboration avec la communauté LGBTQ+ de Londres, dans des studios et lors d’une résidence artistique à la British School de Rome. »

« Ancrée dans la tradition du portrait de studio classique, ce travail se compose de photographies à la fois formelles et ludiques représentant des êtres humains, des statues romaines et des accessoires de studio. Le titre fait référence à cette dimension ludique qui devient une stratégie permettant d’explorer de nouvelles possibilités de “queering” en s’adaptant de manière critique à la pratique photographique. »

The Queering of Photography
1er mai – 28 juin 2026
Stills: Centre for Photography
23 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh – Scotland EH1 1BP

⋅⋅⋅ https://www.asajohannesson.com
⋅⋅⋅ https://stills.org/exhibitions/asa-johannesson...
⋅⋅⋅ https://aestheticamagazine.com/the-queering...

Image : portait de la série « Looking Out, Looking In ».

#exposition #photographie #portrait #Queer #Queering #AsaJohannesson #Suede #GrandeBretagne #Ecosse #Edinbourg

#Queering #binaries and #borders with #art. A liberatory article from 2023, and of relevance to the current times — by Samantha Anne Carrillo.

"The Albuquerque exhibition and e-zine BorderPlex explores the deceptive simplicity of man-made boundaries — physical and social alike."

📍 https://hyperallergic.com/art-and-resistance-in-the-us-mexico-borderlands/

#publicsociology #democracy #QueerArt and #Solidarity

📷 Jay Renteria, “Santa Elena Canyon, US-México border” (2022), long-exposure digital photograph

March 14 was #Medicine Day, 14 Mart Tıp Bayramı 📌 What they may not tell you in medicine, #business, #biology, science or social science in the classroom or have it #wrong — Why does #queering of #science & #medicine matter?

Political theory 101 and #unpacking science:

📍 "Science and academia try to give an impression of sociopolitical neutrality and acceptance of queer* identities.. As a queer scientist, I know it isn’t true."

https://massivesci.com/articles/queer-science-stem-lgbtqia-bias-field-work-lab-universities-school-discrimination/

— Article by Liza Brusman

My first peer-reviewed paper! "Queer(ing) Epistemology through Intersectional Data Science: Relational Knowledge and Affective Queries with TMI-WEB", co-authored with Dr Jess Parris Westbrook, was accepted by the Design Research Society!

The paper will be published in open access format later this year, and is being presented at the DRS conference in Edinburgh in June. You can register at https://drs2026.thedrs.org/home.

#EthicalSource #OpenSource #OpenScience #Queering