Queering Cultural Spaces: From San Francisco to the World (1989–1992). An Overview of Projects, Media Responses & Subsequent Interpretations, Including a Comprehensive Bibliography
- Face-stapled wraps
- San Francisco: n.pub., 2022
Illustrated overview of the work of the San Francisco-based queer cultural activist network Boy With Arms Akimbo/Girl With Arms Akimbo. Akimbo's prosex posters, stickers, protest signs, t-shirts and installations addressing issues of queer sexuality, freedom of expression and HIV/AIDS appeared internationally in the streets, at protests and in galleries in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The zine-style guide to research on the group consists of two parts:
The final backgrounder produced by the Akimbo in 1992, with a discussion of the group's ideology, politics and practice, followed by a synopsis of its projects and a bibliography.A 14-page addendum that describes the dissolution of the group and provides an extensive listing of books, articles, websites, blog and social-media posts, exhibitions and films, and archival collections dealing with the group from 1992 to June 2021.
Included with the publication is the exceptionally scarce first sticker by Boy With Arms Akimbo, showing the logo and name on a yellow background with an orange stripe at left; 4.5 cm x 3.4 cm; printed using a photographic reproduction process; produced in an edition of approximately 200 in 1989.
CONDITION: As new on original backing.
Details
Title
Queering Cultural Spaces: From San Francisco to the World (1989–1992). An Overview of Projects, Media Responses & Subsequent Interpretations, Including a Comprehensive Bibliography
Author
Boy With Arms Akimbo / Girl With Arms Akimbo
Binding
Face-stapled wraps
Condition
Fine
Publisher
n.pub.: San Francisco
Date
2022
Size
28 cm x 22.5 cm
Pages
[24]