Aberdeen Cultural Centre, Moncton, NB
“Testimony” acts as a space for reflection and meditation on the process of accessing gender affirming care. In this, there is a focus on the passing of time, repetition, and ritual. Moving through both the mundane and affecting moments, the works approach the tension between intimate moments of bodily care alongside the moments of exposure; in moving through the policy and protocol of assessing gender affirming care.
In these assemblage works recording their life and lineage as a trans person; these altars and documentations are spaces of reflection, created through intentionally durational methods. These works consider Alexander’s experiences of time passing, waiting for care, and caring for himself.
Utilizing the concept of a testimony both as an act of self advocating to receive care, and as a celebration in archiving the everyday magic of trans existence- this space melts personal histories with the rich histories of the trans folks who have come before them. By creating an archive of their own transitional lineage, shared alongside other archival trans lineages, these histories meet together in the worlds we’ve created for ourselves.