Tina Takemoto posing with an archival image of Jiro Onuma. Photo by E. G. Crichton
Note: tickets for this event are currently sold out.
LGBTQ people owe a lot to past generations, yet our historical inheritances are still too often lost or buried. Working with the archives of the GLBT Historical Society, artist E.G. Crichton decided to do something to bridge this generational loss of memory.
This event celebrates the launch of E.G.’s new book, Matchmaking in the Archive: 19 Conversations with the Dead and 3 Encounters with Ghosts and a companion exhibition at the GLBT Historical Society museum. The program will include a panel with project participants and light refreshments.
Program
6:30 - 7:00 Reception
7:00 - 8:00 Panel Presentation
8:00 - 9:00 Reception
About the Book & Exhibition
In Matchmaking in the Archive: 19 Conversations with the Dead and 3 Encounters with Ghosts, E.G. takes us on a captivating journey through the archive and into the relationships she fostered between living and dead collaborators. This book, part of the new Q+Public series from Rutgers University Press, narrates E.G.’s matchmaking process, the intimate relationships that developed, and the creative work that emerged. She added three new collaborators, Jonathan Katz, Michelle Tea and Chris Vargas, who each describe their own encounters with the ghosts of queer history. Both text and images make the archive come alive in remarkably intimate ways. This exhibition shows some of the portraits E.G. made of living participants as they interacted with their archive matches. Books will be available for purchase.
About E.G. Crichton
E.G. Crichton is an interdisciplinary artist living in Richmond, CA. Her projects have been exhibited in Asia, Australia, Europe, and across the United States. Crichton is a Professor Emerita at the University of California Santa Cruz, and served as Artist-in-Residence at the GLBT Historical Society from 2008 to 2014.
Location
GLBT Historical Society Museum, 4127 18th St., San Francisco, CA 94114
Admission
Admission is free, but space is limited and booking advanced tickets is recommended. Walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows. Tickets are available here.
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