The Letter Formally Known as Q by Nance M. Musinguzi
This piece was featured in the May 2024 issue of The Fore Edge, a quarterly newsletter from MCBA that highlights new artist’s books and zines for collections, universities, and libraries. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, there is a sign up available here. Past featured pieces can be viewed here.
The Letter Formally Known As Q is a multimedia oral history and archival project documenting the intergenerational narratives of Queer/Trans American immigrants of color and their personal experiences of migrating and making home in the Twin Cities.
LFKAQ focuses on the root causes of mass migration and displacement around the world, particularly the role of U.S. foreign and climate policy. This series maps the lived experiences of Queer and Trans immigrants of color and the ways in which their bodies are policed, erased and exploited on a daily basis.
Printed, published and distributed through Wise Ink Publishing, a Minneapolis-based Black owned publishing company, this new art publication includes 80+ pages of vibrant, full-color studio and environmental portraits, transcribed interviews and graphic quotes gathered from local residents originally from Cameroon, India, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Kenya. All copies have been signed by the artist.
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
This piece was featured in the May 2024 issue of The Fore Edge, a quarterly newsletter from MCBA that highlights new artist’s books and zines for collections, universities, and libraries. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, there is a sign up available here. Past featured pieces can be viewed here.
The Letter Formally Known As Q is a multimedia oral history and archival project documenting the intergenerational narratives of Queer/Trans American immigrants of color and their personal experiences of migrating and making home in the Twin Cities.
LFKAQ focuses on the root causes of mass migration and displacement around the world, particularly the role of U.S. foreign and climate policy. This series maps the lived experiences of Queer and Trans immigrants of color and the ways in which their bodies are policed, erased and exploited on a daily basis.
Printed, published and distributed through Wise Ink Publishing, a Minneapolis-based Black owned publishing company, this new art publication includes 80+ pages of vibrant, full-color studio and environmental portraits, transcribed interviews and graphic quotes gathered from local residents originally from Cameroon, India, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Kenya. All copies have been signed by the artist.
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
This piece was featured in the May 2024 issue of The Fore Edge, a quarterly newsletter from MCBA that highlights new artist’s books and zines for collections, universities, and libraries. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, there is a sign up available here. Past featured pieces can be viewed here.
The Letter Formally Known As Q is a multimedia oral history and archival project documenting the intergenerational narratives of Queer/Trans American immigrants of color and their personal experiences of migrating and making home in the Twin Cities.
LFKAQ focuses on the root causes of mass migration and displacement around the world, particularly the role of U.S. foreign and climate policy. This series maps the lived experiences of Queer and Trans immigrants of color and the ways in which their bodies are policed, erased and exploited on a daily basis.
Printed, published and distributed through Wise Ink Publishing, a Minneapolis-based Black owned publishing company, this new art publication includes 80+ pages of vibrant, full-color studio and environmental portraits, transcribed interviews and graphic quotes gathered from local residents originally from Cameroon, India, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Kenya. All copies have been signed by the artist.
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
Nance Musinguzi (he/him) is a Black Transmasc first-generation Ugandan/Liberian-American multidisciplinary storyteller, researcher and artist. For the past 8 years, he has dedicated his storytelling and ethnographic research practice to documenting and investigating contemporary American life, identity and culture, and how everyday people define home and belonging. Since 2014, he has installed solo and group exhibitions and guest curated gallery shows in collaboration with early-career and emerging artists, community organizations and foundations, universities, high schools, and youth-led collectives.
