“My installation stems from my experiences in New York, London, and Seoul,” he said. Oh has exhibited in other cities around the world. “I think it’s important for queer artists to realize this process-oriented and performative nature in their work rather than trying to represent it in its fixed form.” “For me, queerness is process-oriented and performative,” Oh said. The process of becoming and unbecoming is a central theme of Oh’s art. “We build culture where we can and when we can, knowing that it might be gone in 10 years.” Philadelphia’s last lesbian bar closed in 2021. “Although we think of them as signposts in a city, gay bars come and go. For Bob Skiba, curator at the Williams Way LGBT Community Center and author of the Gayborhood Guru blog, the burning process spotlights the short-lived existence of many of Philly’s queer cultural spaces.
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