Join us for our May ART OPENING AT STRUT! Celebrating the work of Megan Levine!Friday, May 5th we are inviting you to come learn all about Tribadometry! The Art Opening starts at 8 PM and will go till 10 PM. We will have light snacks and some refreshments for everyone. This is an in-person event so RSVP now before space runs out, only folks that RSVP on Eventbrite will be allowed to attend, we will be asking attendees to wear masks.
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ARTIST STATEMENT: Tribadometry is a series of collages depicting two pairs of legs in different lesbian sexual positions, overlaid with mathematical text and diagrams. The project started as a response to the heteronormative misconception that lesbian sex isn’t “real” sex. Tribadometry offers a non-explanation in text too small to read by casual observation, because, like lesbian sex, it doesn’t need to be understood by those not practicing it. Playfully, some of the math comes from solving made up problems while some comes from definitions and proofs. The word tribade, with ancient origins meaning "to rub," has had its definition oscillate between a general term for lesbianism to a homophobic slur for women perceived masculine enough to penetrate their partners. For this project, tribadism is distilled down to its fundamental properties- a queer sex act, involving a vulva being rubbed on another person’s body- making it gender inclusive and exclusively queer. Math embellishes each collage to celebrate tribadism both visually and conceptually; decorating ideas with ideas.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Megan Levine is a self-taught artist and mathematics educator in the San Francisco Bay Area, making collages with hand painted paper, ink, and acrylic on stretched canvas. Driving this practice is a fascination with relationships— human, mathematical, and linguistic— and how they translate into abstract form. Levine’s work has exhibited in shows including the Big Gay Art Show (AZ, 2022), Crocker-Kingsley at Blue Line Arts (CA, 2022) and her solo pop up exhibition Circular Relativity (CA 2022)
If you have any questions about Strut’s art openings or this event, please feel free to contact our community events manager Baruch Porras Hernandez at [email protected]
Accessibility: There are no stairs to enter the lobby level at Strut from the street level. The building has three floors, and there is a stairwell with handrails and a wheelchair-accessible elevator. There are 26 steps from the lobby to the 2nd floor and 48 steps from the lobby to the 3rd floor. All our bathrooms are gender neutral and we have restrooms that are accessible to people who use wheelchair
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Strut, 470 Castro St,San Francisco,CA,United States
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