MARGIN/MARGIN



A multi-media project by Heather Raquel Phillips

 
 

Margin/Margin is a multimedia project that highlights QTBIPOC in leather culture. Through film and photo, the featured participants share personal pleasures and challenges as people navigating sexual dynamics within marginalized BDSM communities. It's also a glimpse into a microcosm that reflects larger, systemic issues laden with isms and phobias. While the core issues addressed in this project concern race, visibility and representation, parallels can be drawn with a variety of body politic marginalizations. Margin/Margin offers a proud visual & verbal representation of an underserved and underrepresented community. These narratives engage complex intersectional identities, honoring the generous participants by holding space for their unique yet relatable stories. The project aims to allow people to see themselves, demystify kink in communities of color and create possibilities for conversations to happen. The hope is to deepen our (sub)cultural understanding of BDSM lives- reinforcing the values stitched into the fabric of the leather community.

–Heather Raquel Phillips

 
The art exhibitions presented by the William Way LGBT Community Center throughout 2020-2021 were never intended to be viewed exclusively in an online format. However, with the closing of our physical building due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all art exhibitions scheduled for 2020-21 will be presented as online exhibitions.

Although never the same as experiencing artworks in the Community Center’s gallery, online art exhibitions provide a safe viewing alternative, promote the artist’s creativity, and provide an opportunity for interested viewers to purchase artworks.

Prices for works that are available for sale are listed within the captions for each artwork. 65% of each sale will go to the artist and 35% will go to the Community Center to support our arts & culture programs. If you would like to make a purchase please email John Anderies, who will make arrangements to take your credit card information over the phone and make artwork delivery arrangements.

Thank you so much for your continued support and patronage of Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ artists and the Community Center’s arts & culture programs.

 
 
William Way LGBT Community Center
1315 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
P: 215-732-2220