Remembering “Consciousness Razing—The Stonewall Re-Memorialization Project”: Chris E. Vargas in Conversation with Jessica Posner

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Research Article| June 01 2019 Remembering “Consciousness Razing—The Stonewall Re-Memorialization Project”: Chris E. Vargas in Conversation with Jessica Posner Chris E. Vargas; Chris E. Vargas Chris E. Vargas is a video maker and interdisciplinary artist currently based in Bellingham, WA whose work deploys humor and performance in conjunction with mainstream idioms to explore the complex ways that queer and trans people negotiate spaces for themselves within historical and institutional memory and popular culture. He earned his MFA in the Department of Art Practice from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2011. Between 2008 and 2013, he made, in collaboration with Greg Youmans, the web-based trans/cisgender sitcom Falling in Love … with Chris and Greg. Episodes of the series have screened at numerous film festivals and art venues, including MIX NYC, SF Camerawork, and the Tate Modern. With Eric Stanley, Vargas codirected the movie Homotopia (2006) and its feature-length sequel Criminal Queers (2015), which have been screened at Palais de Tokyo, LACE, Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, and the New Museum among other venues. Vargas is also the executive director of MOTHA, the Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art, an arts and hirstory institution highlighting the contributions of trans art to the cultural and political landscape. www.chrisevargas.com. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jessica Posner Jessica Posner Jessica Posner is a feminist multimedia and performance based artist and writer who practices resilience and radical vulnerability as means for healing the self, body, spirit, and each other. She currently lives and works in central New York state where she teaches video and studio art as a contingent academic laborer. She spent seven years making art with and about butter, and is now making art about and through sisterhood. She originated the “FEELINGS: A Feminist Art Video and Film Festival” in 2018. jessicaposner.com. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (2019) 6 (2): 133–154. https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.6.2.0133 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Chris E. Vargas, Jessica Posner; Remembering “Consciousness Razing—The Stonewall Re-Memorialization Project”: Chris E. Vargas in Conversation with Jessica Posner. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 1 June 2019; 6 (2): 133–154. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.6.2.0133 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressQED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2019 Michigan State University2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.