Our Forbidden Country

Every year I print a poster for Queer Pride month. Our Forbidden Country is the poster for 2019. It was printed in an edition of 500, AIDS Memorial Pathway celebration gave out 475 copies to folks at the Pride Parade. The text is based on poetry, short stories and essays by Joan Nestle, a Jewish lesbian author who started the Lesbian Herstory Archives in NYC. Her stories and poems navigate Queer identity from the 1950's - 1990's. It's about the secret spaces we create to feel safe, AIDS and rebuilding community after a crisis. The text can be found in the form of a song by my band, Your Heart Breaks. –Artist statement