In her latest column for Elephant, Bryony White compares the work of British writer Juliet Jacques and American artist, writer and DJ Juliana Huxtable. “Huxtable’s performance There are Certain Facts that Cannot be Disputed is obsessed with inheritances, lost genealogies, hand-me-downs, traditions, and alternative delineations of selfhood,” White writes of this stirring 2015 performance by Huxtable, which she compares with Jacques’ book Variations (“a lonely and joyful slice of trans and non-binary history”). In both pieces, White observes, visible and invisible histories are deftly bridged to refuse and resist straightforward LGBTQ* narratives—to groundbreaking effect. Read the full article here.
