Margin|Margin

Opening reception September 15th 2023, 6pm-8pm.

Margin/Margin is a multimedia project that highlights QTBIPOC in leather culture. Through film and photo, the featured participants share personal pleasures and challenges as people navigating sexual dynamics within marginalized BDSM communities. It’s also a glimpse into a microcosm that reflects larger, systemic issues laden with ism’s and phobia’s. While the core issues addressed in this project concern race, visibility and representation, parallels can be drawn with a variety of body politic marginalizations. Margin/Margin offers a proud visual & verbal representation of an underserved and underrepresented community. These narratives engage complex intersectional identities, honoring the generous participants by holding space for their unique yet relatable stories. The project aims to allow people to see themselves, demystify kink in communities of color and create possibilities for conversations to happen. The hope is to deepen our (sub)cultural understanding of BDSM lives- reinforcing the values stitched into the fabric of the leather community.