Swell is a series of portraits of trans-masc individuals, printed in the subject’s own serous fluid, collected while in recovery from gender affirming top surgery.
Serous fluid is within all of us, lining the spaces in between our internal organs. Upon experiencing a physical trauma, this fluid swells up to protect the body. The long process of undergoing gender affirming surgery - from researching surgeons to initial consultations to recovery - is deeply entrenched in mutual aid among trans people. We care for one another, discuss our experiences within the medical industrial complex, feed each other, change each other’s bandages, measure the fluid draining out of our wounds. It is through transition that we find ourselves and each other.
This series is ongoing.
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ESO MALFLOR is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Serous fluid is within all of us, lining the spaces in between our internal organs. Upon experiencing a physical trauma, this fluid swells up to protect the body. The long process of undergoing gender affirming surgery - from researching surgeons to initial consultations to recovery - is deeply entrenched in mutual aid among trans people. We care for one another, discuss our experiences within the medical industrial complex, feed each other, change each other’s bandages, measure the fluid draining out of our wounds. It is through transition that we find ourselves and each other.
This series is ongoing.
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ESO MALFLOR is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
