TO ·BE·LONGING: Portraits of Queer Living

What makes your home yours? TO ·BE·LONGING: Portraits of Queer Living explores how the places we live should truly reflect who we are, breaking the boundaries of established societal ideas of what a “normal” home should look and function.
The exhibition focuses on the resilience and belonging found in queer living, celebrating the fluidity and nuances of queer domesticity to meet the ever-changing needs and desires for self-determination.

Featured in the show are nearly 40 intimate artifacts from the home: everyday objects collected from queer community members across North America. These items share powerful stories about queer identity, memory, and chosen family, defining the multiplicity of what ‘queer living’ looks like today.

Functioning as a living archive set within a fluid interpretation of home, you’re invited to engage, reshape, and rethink what “home” means to you. The exhibition asks how a space can adapt to varying needs, whether seeking a moment of privacy or a chance for vulnerability. Prompting reflection on how the creation of home can cater more accessibly to various identities, it searches for more inclusive and accessible manners of living.

Curated by: Quan Thai

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