Addresses Project
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ADDRESSES PROJECT investigates lesbian and queer space and memory in New York City from the early 1900s to the present day through map-making, oral history interviews, ephemera and portraiture. The purpose of this project is to explore the history of the Gay Rights Movement (and it’s intersections with Civil Rights and Women’s Rights), shifts in identity building (and shedding) and the sociopolitical conditions of New York City from a lesbian and queer perspective. The mission of the ADDRESSES PROJECT is to offer lesbian and queer-identified individuals a multi-disciplinary platform through which to access a place-based heritage as well as intergenerational community building.
The map component of the ADDRESSES PROJECT consists of lesbian and queer gathering locations. Each map entry includes a photograph of the site as it appears now, it’s address or approximate location and as much historical information as can be gathered about it while it served its lesbian and queer clientele. The map has been formed primarily through memory and community legend.
Gwen Shockey created the Addresses Project in 2016. She recorded all of the oral histories and digitized the ephemera. Riya Lerner, Addresses Project collaborator, is the artist of the photographs.
The map component of the ADDRESSES PROJECT consists of lesbian and queer gathering locations. Each map entry includes a photograph of the site as it appears now, it’s address or approximate location and as much historical information as can be gathered about it while it served its lesbian and queer clientele. The map has been formed primarily through memory and community legend.
Gwen Shockey created the Addresses Project in 2016. She recorded all of the oral histories and digitized the ephemera. Riya Lerner, Addresses Project collaborator, is the artist of the photographs.
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