Auckland Pride
Auckland Pride, 2015, performance. The artist and her partner marched in the 2015 Auckland Pride parade in black, in silence, holding candles left over from the vigil of a local trans woman who committed suicide. [...]
Jennifer Katherine Shields - artist, curator, writer
Jennifer Katherine Shields is an artist, curator, writer, and musician from Ōtautahi, Aotearoa.
Articles
Score! Rugby, Masculinity, Heteronormativity, and Queer Deaths
Masculinity has many negative outcomes in society, for men and others. As it stands, the construction of masculinity in Aotearoa is heavily influenced by sport, in particular rugby, which, according to Richard Pringle, holds a privileged sociocultural position in our society. [...]
Interview with Alex Mitcalfe Wilson on Para-
If it were up to me, institutional change would be massive and it would be radical – and not just in the artworld. But as it stands, the way forward is diversity and inclusion – but not in the tame, assimilationist, liberal way of fitting an other into a dominant framework. [...]
para-: a contemporary working of parasexuality
A contemporary working of the parasexuality model could be useful in considering the realm of diverse sexual identities, dominant hegemonies and heteronomativity. [...]
Well, Fuck EP
A two-track EP recorded in a couple of hours on the night of the 29th, morning of the 30th of December 2013. [...]
Hikikomori
A four-track EP created in June/July of 2013. Partially inspired by the Japanese phenomenon/concept of Hikikomori. [...]
