Here Forever and Today, 2025
Cyanotype print on cotton, fan, archival pigment prints in frame, cardboard, found beads, and flock camera installation "Safety" at the Cost of All Others by Riley Ansa.
Cyanotype print on cotton, fan, archival pigment prints in frame, cardboard, found beads, and flock camera installation "Safety" at the Cost of All Others by Riley Ansa.
Here Forever & Today is a queer costume and photography project exploring visibility, self-expression, and agency for queer youth, elders, and beyond. Participants create wearable artifacts that serve as shields, statements, and celebrations of being seen as their true selves. Participants are then invited to reclaim the school photo ritual with a “reverse picture day,” further exploring how they want to be seen, when, and by whom.
This project prioritized a space that upholds collective self-determination by centering liberation, care, and resistance to compulsory surveillance.
Special thanks to Amelia, Colibri Guerra + Gab Tiquet, Connor + Issac, Demarco Emons, Erika Mei Chua Holumn, Esther, Grey Saige, Hugo Regan, Jack Morillo + Fabian Cardenas, Jake Margolin, Julia Rossel, Julian, Leila, Liz, Loc Huynh, Magdalene McArthur, Marlene, Mason Sandefur + Chris Creamer, Mona + Gio, Morgan Herbas, Nancy Rios, Naomi Lemus, Paper Autumn, Riley Ansa, Rose, Ruben Ramires, Tammy, tyler bean, and Yano Hz.
The Glitch Lab is an artist residency and exhibition featuring artists Jack Morillo, Sol Diaz-Peña, and Billion Tekleab, curated by Chelsea Barabas and Rian Crane.
TGL is supported by the Edgelands Institute and NOTICE Coalition, and was hosted at Friends Gallery
Images by Izaac Constiniano
Images courtesy of the artist
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