a body, or something like it – reflects a growing conversation surrounding the current existence, futures, and possibilities of queer and trans marginalized bodies, and the constant overlap of our physical and digital selves. The exhibition explores the way we translate queer narratives across technological platforms, as well as the necessary role of the linguistics of digital spaces in making room for shifting, rather than static, identities. These technologies are also crucial in exploring spaces where identity lies somewhere in between digital and physical, rejecting the idea of a here-or-there existence.
a body, or something like it – is a heavily text-based installation that utilizes projection, interactive sculpture, video, and sound in order to embody the mechanisms that have become vital in shaping identities.
S Rodriguez is a Houston-based interdisciplinary artist and organizer, and a current member of the Diverseworks artist board. They are the co-creator of Paraspace Books, a transient bookstore dealing queer sci-fi and speculative fiction and a 2017 Idea Fund recipient. Their work most often explores the intersection of technology, the internet, and the nature of bodies — physical, digital, and linguistic. They have exhibited in various galleries around Houston, including the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, DiverseWorks, Art League Houston, and Sabine Street Studios. Later this year, their work will be exhibited or performed at the Austin Public Library, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and Alabama Song.