Carbon
By capturing the lived experiences of trans, neurodivergent, and disabled people, we advocate for the recognition of everyone’s humanity and their inherent right to all human rights, contributing to the advancement of knowledge at the intersection of sexual and gender diversity, intersex rights, and disability. This work increases cross-movement cooperation and expands networks through collaborations with artists from South Africa and the Atlantic, serving as a love letter to the authenticity of black trans neurodivergent living. Carbon, Creator 2023
Carbon is a transgender black artist, activist, and intellectual. Carbon, a proud member of The Trans Collective, organizes for the emancipation of all (deliberately) oppressed individuals in “post-Apartheid” South Africa, with a special emphasis on neurodiversity and black transgender persons.
Their work spans cinematography, photography, podcasting, poetry, paintings, performance art, and digital drawings.
Not Dead Yet: A Solo Exhibition
Carbon uses art to express through a multimedia performative exhibition “Not Dead Yet”, which centers on a performance art piece held in February 2023 in South Africa. Made through collaborations with various queer, trans, and disabled artists, the exhibition springboards from Carbon’s poetry on themes of disability, gender, and race. Carbon’s performance uses elements such as film, animation, poetry to reflect on how we have been raised and raise ourselves. It is a journey through a suicidal, neurodivergent, and bipolar brain coming to understand one’s own disabilities, musing on the joys and difficulties of transgender life, all while living as a black person in “post-Apartheid” South Africa.
This work was incredibly collaborative in its nature and also worked with artists across South Africa and the Atlantic, connecting queer artists and expanding the network. Already some of the artists have indicated that they plan on working together in the future on new projects. Carbon, Creator 2023
This performance art piece has been collated into a zine with access to all parts of the exhibition. Through a collaborative effort, working with poetry editors, animators, music producers, and other creatives, Carbon brings to life the pain, chaos, and complexity of the lives of communities and their existence. It is truly a transformation of Carbon’s personal experiences to be political.
Carbon is also open to collaborations and/or requests to host this resource in alternative spaces.
the poems the performance the animation the music
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