Other Projects
Overview
This section features some shorter term projects which were produced concurrently with the longer projects featured on the main project page. These works contain concepts and visual forms I hope to return to in future works.
Proposal For A New Trans Flag ( 2020 )
Overview
A few years ago I had a dream of a trans flag whose colors shifted as endlessly as its form in the wind. A version that spoke both to multiplicity and to the underlying system trans folks traverse. So, in mid 2020 I coded this 2D version, procedurally generated using JavaScript, this flag will infinitely change color in its horizontal bars. While the colors shift, the black and brown triangle portions stay the same, a gesture towards the need to center black and brown trans voices and experiences. This is further emphasized by the middle bar which, one shifted from its starting color, will never return to a pure white. The design draws from the original trans flag, the Black Trans Flag by Raquel Willis, and the Progress Pride Flag by Daniel Quasar.
Links
Live Site:
https://cthompto.github.io/new-trans-flag/
Code Repository:
https://github.com/cthompto/new-trans-flag
The piece in the Processing Community Catalog 2021:
https://archive.org/details/processing-community-catalog-2021/page/n435/mode/2up
Read ( 2018 )
Overview
A video scans the contours of my body. The video is projected and doubled in space using a two-way mirror commonly used for surveillance and privacy purposes. Installed, the mirror has the effect of both doubling the surveillance of my body and negating its ability to provide privacy to the viewer.
Link
Video Documentation:
https://vimeo.com/322698189
The Best Transwoman ( 2018 )
Overview
Focusing on the throat as a charged sight of violence, desire, and
gendered identification, this piece draws one into a scene of
pressure. By inverting the standard optical mode, as one recedes from
the device the image is magnified, one's sense of closeness to the
body in question is disrupted.
The phrase “The best transwoman is an invisible one.” is repeated
throughout the video as my throat is variably caressed and choked.
Link
Video Documentation:
https://vimeo.com/643303856
Trans Effigy 2016 ( 2017 )
Overview
Trans Effigy 2016 used the design form of an official seal to mark each documented case of a trans person being murdered in the U.S.A. in 2016. These designs were used to manufacture wax stamp tools, glass stamp tools and printing plates. These tools were used in the creation of wax seal prints, glass seal facsimiles, and a series of 60 letterpress printed and handbound artist books as well as being displayed as works in their own right. The artist books were produced as part of the CSArt Madison 2017 program organized by Art Lit Lab.
Link
Video Documentation of Artist Book:
https://vimeo.com/369391444
Additional Documentation
For additional documentation and/or information about these projects,
please feel free to contact me at:
[email protected]