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Title: Anderson balances symbol, reality in classroom and art
Post by: LostInTime on January 27, 2007, 01:02:25 PM
Post by: LostInTime on January 27, 2007, 01:02:25 PM
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Anderson incorporated his own family into his installation "Where Do Queers Come From?", which has been exhibited in seven different venues. He asked family members — including another brother, who is a Baptist pastor — to participate by videotaping their comments about having gay relatives. In addition to immediate family, two nieces and a sister-in-law also contributed, he said.
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The installation also includes a "genetic wheel of fortune," with options including homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual and transsexual based on percentage of the population fitting into each category. This feature — with its underlying assumption that sexual preference is genetically determined — caused the show to be closed in one Mississippi venue, Anderson said.
Anderson incorporated his own family into his installation "Where Do Queers Come From?", which has been exhibited in seven different venues. He asked family members — including another brother, who is a Baptist pastor — to participate by videotaping their comments about having gay relatives. In addition to immediate family, two nieces and a sister-in-law also contributed, he said.
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The installation also includes a "genetic wheel of fortune," with options including homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual and transsexual based on percentage of the population fitting into each category. This feature — with its underlying assumption that sexual preference is genetically determined — caused the show to be closed in one Mississippi venue, Anderson said.