J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Cai Quirk

16/05/2023

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Episode Notes Cai Quirk deeply explores genderqueer self-portraiture in an original image creation and story formation orchestration. A phantasmagorical world unfurls, as six evolutionary text and image sections weave a mythical interdependency of body, spirit and nature. The result is an invitation to regard all beings and their fluid becoming with a gracious welcoming of honor and respect.In this conversation, Cai discusses, among other things:The queer body in art historyDeconstructing gender realitiesMaking myth aka writing new storiesPlayful ambiguityImage and story as an invitationIntertwining elementsAccessibilityChildren of ambiguityNeo pronounsThe fluidity of transnessListening beyond oneself