This hybrid analytic reflection and art piece uses practice-based research methods to explore the potential of art production in relation to temporality, fat, and visuality. The resulting drawings, needlepoints, and paintings are contextualized with artist notes alongside queer and fat theories to articulate when and how fat is seen, felt, and known. The research question […]
Mitchell A. Haunted by her: lesbian feminist ghostly drags on representation and reception. Feminist Theory. 2019;20(4):431-443.
Lesbian feminist histories can have a haunting effect on the present. This book explores the making and experience of Killjoy’s Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House, an immersive walk-through installation and performance artwork (by Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue) that materializes the frightfully acrimonious past for today. Inspired by Evangelical Christian hell houses, the exhibition […]