the term assimilation comes up repeatedly. for a while my reflections were focused on assimilation as a process of self-erasure, on all the ways I have changed or been forced to change in order to feel safe or like I belong in my surroundings. but now I’m also considering how belonging rests on an ability to transform. I’m considering how being fluid and fractured can lead to a more expansive way of existing. I want to lean into ideas of identity as multiplicitous rather than singular: of being difficult to name: the self as a nebulous construction.

nebulous 
original artist book printed as part of my BFA thesis project
risograph editions vol 1 & 2 printed at the Binch Press / Queer.Archive.Work studio

2021 / 2022 / 2024

a collaborative publication exploring identity construction, illegibility, assimilation, mimesis, & transformation, with contributions from Olivia Fredricks, Courtney Nelson, Ollie Bandong, Hayley Canal, Arik Miguel, & Eric Halvarson. 

nebulous has been exhibited in numerous book fairs and shows, including the Ulises: Assembly exhibition at Tufts University Art Galleries in 2024