MEMBER PREVIEW EVENT: Disco Balling Heads Exhibit Preview Reception

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Jethro’s body of work centers around their personal experience as a nonbinary Filipino immigrant and the larger narratives of the LGBTQIA+ community. Their first film, My Revolutionary Mother, follows their personal migration story and their conflicted relationship with their political activist mother. Their first feature documentary film, 50 Years of Fabulous, chronicles the 50-year LGBTQ civil rights movement through the organization - The Imperial Council of San Francisco. His unreleased film, #mynameis, follows the protest movement against Facebook’s “real” name policy in 2015 which disproportionately affected the LGBTQIA+ community, domestic abuse survivors, Native Indians and various ethnic identities. 

Jethro has exhibited their work “Disco Balling Heads'' at the Maryland Institute College of Art in the summer of 2022. The exhibit was an immersive experience that featured sculptural heads made of repurposed materials from his drag performances. A video projection provided a textural background that gives the viewer a glimpse into how it feels to be a drag performer. Part of the exhibit was a screening of their film #mynameis which provided context and conversation surrounding the exhibit. 

With an approach that pushes the boundaries between art and education, Jethro creates space to the examine the inequities that BIPOC queer and trans communities experience from past to present. They highlight the subjective experience of gender through their use of materials. Their  personal experiences and their proximity to their subjects, informs their exploration into interdisciplinary art making and social justice work.