Tess Murphy and Kat Naughton, "Gophers 2"
For this collaboration we will be engaging with each other through letter correspondenceby the perspectives of characters who are fearful of gophers. This is a self-reflection based oncharacteristics of individuals who have internalized homophobia and project overtly and covertlytheir fear as well as the underlying truth of their own sexuality. Reflecting upon both ourup-bringings as Catholics and examining the reality of what behavior we have witnessed/experienced surrounding internalized-homophobia and policing sexuality.Our process included coming up with a topic for our “characters” to discuss in letters toone and other. We wanted to incorporate both our areas of practice by using photography ofourselves as the characters we created and covering the faces with gopher faces made withlinoleum blocks, we took inspiration from the gophers from Looney Tunes. Tess’s process ofmaking is investigating thermochromic ink that vanishes with heat. We decided to use this ink tocover up areas of the letters that revealed the characters true desires in regards to the gophersand in the linoleum blocks to reveal identity.
Tess Murphy and Kat Naughton, "Gophers 2"
For this collaboration we will be engaging with each other through letter correspondenceby the perspectives of characters who are fearful of gophers. This is a self-reflection based oncharacteristics of individuals who have internalized homophobia and project overtly and covertlytheir fear as well as the underlying truth of their own sexuality. Reflecting upon both ourup-bringings as Catholics and examining the reality of what behavior we have witnessed/experienced surrounding internalized-homophobia and policing sexuality.Our process included coming up with a topic for our “characters” to discuss in letters toone and other. We wanted to incorporate both our areas of practice by using photography ofourselves as the characters we created and covering the faces with gopher faces made withlinoleum blocks, we took inspiration from the gophers from Looney Tunes. Tess’s process ofmaking is investigating thermochromic ink that vanishes with heat. We decided to use this ink tocover up areas of the letters that revealed the characters true desires in regards to the gophersand in the linoleum blocks to reveal identity.