This MFA thesis includes the design and construction of a performance movingudapparatus called The Deep Gay Apparatus (TDGA). It references durational andudperformative works by contemporary artists, often emulating the visionary artisticudpractice of Jack Smith. The theoretical framework deployed includes the theory ofuddisidentification as posited by José Esteban Muñoz. The project required a durationaludwalk with TDGA in which I extensively played with my own Faggotry using radicaludartist Bruce LaBruce as an influence. I pushed the boundaries of my body using strength,udboth mental and physical and collected the everyday, made drawings, collaged, madeudperformances and used my body as a documentary tool. I displayed my new artworks atudan open-air exhibition which culminated the five day, 95 hour long performance. Theudperformative medium was my body, the method was heuristic and time was the themeudthat transformed TDGA as an object and me as artist.
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