EMBODIED MATERIAL
Embodied Material is a collective of queer textile artists in the Twin Cities that meets regularly to discuss the intersection of queer & textile theory. The collective comes together to discuss a variety of texts, and how they make us feel. Together, we dissect complicated ideas, examining what inspires us, confuses us, and stirs us. Embodied Material displayed it’s first group exhibition at Fresh Eye Gallery from June 22nd-July 29th 2023. This exhibition is a reflection of how we are cultivating shared knowledge and understanding of embodying queerness through craft.
Participating Artists
*curator & lead organizer
The Readings
Queerness as Horizon Jose Esteban Muñoz, Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity
Assorted artist interview from Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community by John Chaich and Todd Oldham
Put your thing down flip it and reverse it by LJ Roberts, Extra/Ordinary by Maria Elena Buszek)
Felt Matters by Jeanne Vaccarro
The use of the Erotic as Power, Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Queer Handmaking, FRAY: Art & Textile Politics by Julia Bryan-Wilson
