Tierney said it cost about $120 to degender the bathrooms in the visual arts building, and that was only because they outsourced the sign-making. The university could do it for less, Tierney said, because they can make their own signs on campus.
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“For the Gallery to hire this individual sends a very clear message to trans lives that we’re not valued in these spaces.”
When assigned with the theme of water, Razek says the group wanted to approach the subject in a more psychological context, studying controversial water conservation issues in Canada, “and how contemporary art can play a role in that.”
Tierney’s 11 photographic works examine the discovery and assertion of identity in a society often dominated by superficiality.
