Archive item for Gender Moebus

, , Halfbred
Documentation of performance "Gender Moebus" by D. Maracle performed at Pitt gallery on June 3, 1995. Approximately 30 minutes. Part of Halfbred series. Part autobiographical, part mythological narrative about journey through world as transgendered person. References to Columbus, cycles of life, grandmother's wisdom. Scenes of rape, birth, and climbing to high platform and jumping off with courage.