“The language of science has long been used to control and ascribe fixed meanings to the human body, under the guise of being “naturally/biologically” binary. As societal tongues shift to form new words that shape our human experiences, we are reorienting the power that language has over our bodies, as it has been socially and politically shaped by centuries of colonialism, scientific & medical racism and white supremacy.

How then should we regard the meanings of terms like “biological sex” other than constructs that suggest that our bodies, like our genders, are not also capable of fluidity?

Porous Binaries is a wearable series that explores materials and identities in flux; utilizing sculptural forms of adornment to transcend ways of perceiving the body itself. Chromosomes and amorphous tissues are sculpted and reconfigured to form a new visual vernacular that shape-shifts beyond our affixed perceptions of embodied human identities. The human body, like language, is extremely porous. We are comprised of billions of tiny connections; chains of protein, DNA, and nerve endings that are in constant states of transformation. These adornments exist as wearable affirmations for any trans, intersex, or gender variant person to feel validated in their body down to the cellular level. The biology of my body as trans person is not static or binary; a trait that is incredibly common and advantageous throughout the natural world. Like many other organisms that shift their biological orientations to adapt to their environments and social structures over time, my trans body also exists and moves through the world shifting between many fixed ideas of sex and gender."