from The Chroma Museum: Room A
Stephen Mead
September 2019
Alexander Gumby, the Renaissance Lives On
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._S._Alexander_Gumby
The Chroma Museum is comprised of a montage series entitled “From Nostalgia through Now and Beyond”. This series is an homage to international LGBT individuals, couples, organizations, allies —and the circumstances, both good and bad, which created the context for their lives— predominantly pre-Stonewall.
Begun in 2015 the aim of this series is not to be a definitive sociological study so much as an overview of the bravery, heart, and time it takes for progressive strides to be made. It also shows the cyclical nature of such movements and how, for many cultures and populations globally, these strides are still up against a great deal of ignorance, oppression and violence.
The superimposition of unknown same sex couples from brownie cameras etc., combined with better known figures like Harry Hay or Barbara Gittings, embraces the diverse heroism (whether sought or accidental), and triumph while acknowledging the cost, the casualties lost along the way.
Ultimately the message of this series is that where there is love there is hope.
Alice French and Jane Crawford, Our Vines have such Strong Roots
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_French
Aaron Bridgers and Billy Strayhorn, the Layers of Love like Music, like Leaves
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Bridgersen
wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Strayhorn
youtu.be/WxA5zLE1pB4?list=PL6GVfJ_5Lh9QEUDMPewqYI3mOjJdMBuk0
Anna Blaman, nee Johanna Petronella Vrugt, Forerunner Writing Love Indisputable
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Blaman
Andreas Burnier, Thoughtfulness
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Burnier
Anna Elisabet Weirauch, Where Lies Helena Geisenhainer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Elisabet_Weirauch
www.lesbengeschichte.de/Pdfs/pdfs_bio_skizzen_englisch/weirauch_schoppmann_engl.pdf
Anton (Anna) Prinner, Becoming One with Art
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Prinner
Anna Rüling, Go Where a Lesbian can be True to Herself
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Rüling
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A resident of NY, Stephen Mead is a published outsider artist, writer, maker of short-collage films and sound-collage downloads. If you are at all interested please place his name in any search engine in conjunction with any one of these genres for links to his work or merchandise. After 30 years of being published in small zines and eventually on the web, he is thankful that he has managed to keep a day job for the health insurance. For more of Stephen’s work you can go to: Poetry on the Line & Absolute Arts
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