Between Conventional Borders: Excerpts from the {Queer} + {Metals} Project

Abstract

This Statement of Practice presents {Queer} + {Metals}, a multilayered project that engaged an international cohort of artists in a conversation about the intersection of queerness and metalsmithing. The purpose of the project was to crowdsource the question: What is queer metals? This Statement of Practice comprises three sections: an explanatory framework of the project; an interview between Rebekah Frank and Dauvit Alexander about the exhibition; and excerpts of the voices of eight participants in the project, accompanied by images of their work, who shared their thoughts with Frank during a recorded video conversation.