Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga
A Radical Forage Through Art and Writing
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Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga, edited by Frances Cannon, is an eclectic and transdisciplinary anthology, highlighting the sexual and gender diversity in nature. Queer theory and natural history intersect through visual art and creative writing.
This publication gives attention to roughly forty case studies, which inspire us to reimagine the world and our place in it. Each contribution dives into questions such as: How does acknowledging the queerness of nature inspire us to compose the world otherwise? How can we rewrite history to make a place for ourselves in the story? And what is the role of an individual in a symbiotic community? The arts, poetry, scientific and speculative writing spark this imagination, and give readers tools to shape the world differently.
Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga asks to expand our knowledge about sexual and gender diversity, and to reconsider our relationships with each other and our more-than-human companions in the natural world.
Sixto-Juan Zavala, the founder of Queer Botany, contributed the article ‘Convolvulaceae & Xochipilli: the Morning Glories & the Aztec Prince of Flowers’, including three illustrations, to the publication.
Contributors: Clover Ajamie, Eve Alexandra, Giovanni Aloi, Céline Baumann, Suzette Bousema & Ingeborg Klarenberg, Nickole Brown, Connor Butler, Frances Cannon, CAConrad, Sam Cohen, Anna Colin & Rob Crosse, Tom Comitta, Kat Consler, Isa DeMarco, Joost Emmerik, Astro Escudero & César Jumpa (Zooa Creativa), Melissa Faliveno, Ros Gray & Carle Gent, Donna Haraway, Daisy Hildyard, Lars Horn, Sabrina Imbler, Jonah King, Johanna Koen, Gary A. Krupnick & Frances Cannon & Sarah Prager, Marjolein van der Loo & Zheng Bo, Jessica Maccaro, Andrés N. Ordorica, Siôn Parkinson, Anna Phaidra, Erik Peters, Alyssa Quinn, Catriona Sandilands, Nina Scott, Sophie Seita & Naomi Woo, Amy Beth Sisson, Lorena Solís Bravo, Emily Strasser, Orchid Tierney, Jonmar van Vlijmen & Samar Nasrullah Khan, Charlotte Woolf, Sixto-Juan Zavala
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The Art & Earth series by Valiz publications investigates natural phenomena, ecological intertwinements and environmental crises through the lens of artists, designers, and other creative makers. Art & Earth books amplify the power of art as a driving force for novel insights, regenerative and collective approaches, to imagine durable, climate-just future(s).
Learn more about the ongoing digital publication here.
Publication design: Wibke Bramesfeld, www.bramesfeld.com
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