QUEER AESTHETICS ISSUE 01 NOW LIVE
QUEER AESTHETICS ISSUE 01 NOW LIVE
Explore the works featured in Queer Aesthetics, Issue 01 using our open-access web platform.
“Queerness is the thing that lets us feel that this world is not enough, that indeed something is missing. Often we can glimpse the worlds proposed and promised by queerness in the realm of the aesthetic. The aesthetic, especially the queer aesthetic, frequently contains blueprints and schemata of a forward-dawning futurity. Both the ornamental and the quotidian can contain a map of the utopia that is queerness.”
Our seminal issue (issue 01: Queer Possibilities) features 26 authors and artists who explore the possibilities of queer aesthetics across mediums, disciplines, perspectives, and practice.
Preserving the integrity and intent of our contributors, all artists and authors of creative works were asked to provide artist statements to accompany their submissions and speak on their own behalf. Scholarly essays are likewise published in tandem with original abstracts that speak to each author's unique vision.
The printed edition of the journal contains more than 250 pages of original visual art, music, dance, performances, creative writing, and scholarship. Interacting between the dual platforms, the digital interface allows for greater exploration into the multimedia selections of issue 01, including access to audio files, visual performances, video works, and links to artists' personal platforms.
Issue 01: Contributing Artists
Visual Art
A.M. Disher + Dakota Noot + Delta Ark + Dimitry Saïd Chamy + Michael Khuth + Nathan Storey + Ohan Breiding + Vick Quezada + Zachary Z. Handler
Creative Writing
+ Alberto Fernández Carbajal + Daniel Lee + José Eduardo Valdivia Heredia +
Lindsey Bouchard + Madison Hames
Essays/Articles
+ Charlotte Foreman + Mimi Tempestt + Sema Semih + Gabrielle Le Roux
+ Teresa Fleming + Rebecca Casalino
Music, Dance, & Film
Ash Verwiel + Derek F. Schmidt + Mirrored Fatality + NAXÖ
+ Rah Eleh + SNJV
After two long years of planning and organizing, we launched a Kickstarter campaign in Spring 2022 to get this project on its feet.
We’re pleased to announce that our crowdfunding campaign was a huge success! Thanks to the backing of nearly 250 community members, Queer Aesthetics is set to launch our first issue in Winter 2023. Thank you to all the fabulous folks who made this radical publication a reality. This win is for each and every one of you.