What is it about?
In this article, I analyse how the work of transfeminist artistic collective Quimera Rosa formulates new understandings of gender and sexuality through an ecological lens. In the work Trans*Plant, indeed, the collective works towards processes of ‘becoming plant’ by establishing erotic intimacies with the nonhuman. In the article, I analyse the anti-capitalist and post-human aspects of these relationships.
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Why is it important?
The article attempts to understand and create new notions of gender, sex and sexuality through human-nonhuman relationships.
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I have experienced the artistic work of Quimera Rosa first-hand. Their practice formulates alliances between humans and plants through lab-based work and speculative scenarios.
Giulia Casalini
University of Roehampton
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This page is a summary of: Creating sex/gender ecologies: Quimera Rosa’s Trans*Plant, Technoetic Arts, October 2020, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/tear_00037_1.
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