How About You, Cowgirl?
February 2023
February 2023
Even at age 5 or 6, I distinctly remember that when my mom asked “how about you, cowgirl”?, I replied internally, protesting:
“I’m not a cowgirl! I’m a cowboy”.
"How About You, Cowgirl?" is a short experimental film which uses personal home video footage and a recorded performance transforming from my adult self to my drag king persona as a means to converse with my younger self about our perceived queer identity and gender performance.
The gritty texture of the VHS tape juxtaposes the now smoothed digital personage of myself, a newly recognized form of being. To be queer is to be ever-becoming and, in certain cases, in conversation with multiple past versions of oneself towards new understandings of our histories as well as our present. And after all these years, that little cowboy still finds ways to manifest in my life.
This work was originally created for a group exhibition in the Arts Center Haifa, February 2023.
“I’m not a cowgirl! I’m a cowboy”.
"How About You, Cowgirl?" is a short experimental film which uses personal home video footage and a recorded performance transforming from my adult self to my drag king persona as a means to converse with my younger self about our perceived queer identity and gender performance.
The gritty texture of the VHS tape juxtaposes the now smoothed digital personage of myself, a newly recognized form of being. To be queer is to be ever-becoming and, in certain cases, in conversation with multiple past versions of oneself towards new understandings of our histories as well as our present. And after all these years, that little cowboy still finds ways to manifest in my life.
This work was originally created for a group exhibition in the Arts Center Haifa, February 2023.
Public Exhibitions
Feb - Sep 2023, Group exhibition with Gili Avisar, Arts Center Haifa
Feb - Sep 2023, Group exhibition with Gili Avisar, Arts Center Haifa