Queer Ancestors, Using Creativity to Address Gaps in Archival History, and Trans Joy with Cas Bradbeer

What a delight! This episode is a shining light of trans joy. Cas talks through the importance of knowing who’s come before us, and how we can feel connected and strengthened by figures of the past – and use creativity to do it. I love this episode so much. It’s trans joy, queer art, empowerment, subversion, and all the other things we need right now!

 

Cas is a curator who recently graduated from the MA in History of Design, offered jointly by the Royal College of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum. They have their BA in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, where they curated an exhibition of queer craft and received the Dean’s Prize for Overall Performance. They are now a V&A Volunteer, delivering LGBTQIA+ tours and researching queer objects in the collection. In general, Cas’s research focuses on queer art history and contemporary trans performance, presenting their findings at the likes of UCL and the National Gallery of Ireland. Their curatorial practice has ranged from an exhibition of queer ecology at IMT Gallery to a showcase of feminist commodities at Ugly Duck, and they were recently commissioned to curate a series of drag performances (featuring George!) at the V&A.

 

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My apologies - Otter AI didn't work for this episode, so there's no transcript. I'm working on getting funding to get the proper software!