A 9 month long auto-ethnographic investigation, re-imagining their sense of self around the premise of “What if 28 years ago they had said ‘it’s a boy’”, examining the effect of performing gender in daily life through material culture.
The project which embraces low and prolific image-making culminated in a film which engages with the domestic aspect of the project and a book Andrew has his period. (Anecdotes of Androgyny).
3 MONTHS ABIGAIL. 3 MONTHS ANDREW. 3 MONTHS A.
a) How I am adhering to the gender norms of my natal sex?
b) Practically how can I live as a man?
c) How does taking on the atypical gender norms make me feel about my own gendered existence? d) How is it perceived by the world around me?
e) To what capacity can I create my own gendered reality?