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The magazines used for Ooze were between the late
1980s and early 1990s, a time during the AIDS crisis. I wanted to consider
the economy of the gay male body during a time of fear and anxiety. I
abstracted the figures by cutting through the layers, trying to search and
reveal something about how the disease have shaped and redefined our culture
and how we now negotiate our bodies with each other and how it is perceived
by the heterosexist world. I purchased these magazines from gay adult
stores in the West Village of New York City, which is an important
geographical symbol of historical moments in LGBT culture. These magazines
are heavily discounted primarily because most of these stores are now going
out of business and being replaced with online pornography. Ooze culls a moment of
searching intimacy during a time when the body of gay men is used as a
political tool. |
© Jade Yumang