Mon, 19 Apr 2021, 10:00 am – Fri, 14 May 2021, 3:29 pm
Merpersons is an installation that consists of video, photography and text. It focuses on documenting a group taking part in a merpersoning workshop. Merpersoning is a take on mermaiding, aimed particularly at those who cannot, or will not, fit the stereotypical notions of mermaids, be it due to oppressive body or gender norms, or to westernised understandings of mythology in relation to water. Merpersoning is refusal of cis-sexism, restrictive body norms, gendered swimming spaces, as well as heterosexist mythology and popular culture.