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Owl and Fox

[vc_row][vc_column][qodef_custom_font font_family="Montserrat" font_size="24" line_height="34" font_weight="700" letter_spacing="-0.4" text_align="left" content_custom_font="BIO" color="#222222"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]Owl (Ugla Stefania) is an award winning trans activist and was the official spokesperson for Trans Iceland between 2010-2016. They have taken part in many projects with organisations throughout Europe, including Transgender Europe and the Council of Europe. Owl is on the Advisory Board of All About Trans. Fox Fisher is an artist, film-maker and campaigner. After taking part in C4’s My Transsexual Summer, Fox co-created My Genderation and made more than 50 short films endorsed by the BBC, C4 and the NHS. Fox has made numerous media appearances to advocate trans issues, played Blake in As We Are, and co-wrote the children’s book Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl? (2017). Fox created screen-prints live at the Tate Modern in 2014 and at the V&A in 2017 in London.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]    ...

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Camila Levy Daniel, Leyla de la Hoz and Pedro Giacomolli

[vc_row][vc_column][qodef_custom_font font_family="Montserrat" font_size="24" line_height="34" font_weight="700" letter_spacing="-0.4" text_align="left" content_custom_font="BIO" color="#222222"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]Camila Levy Daniel was born in Argentina and, with a degree in Image and Sound Design, she now works as a freelancer in Buenos Aires. Leyla de la Hoz was born in Colombia and has worked as a sound editor on multiple feature films, including the Oscar nominated Embrace of the Serpent (2015). Pedro Giacomolli was born in Brazil and graduated from the University of Buenos Aires as an image and sound designer. The Looking Trace premiered at Cinefábrica CheLA, Argentina (2015) and won the Digital Art Prize at the Bucharest International Dance Film Festival (2016).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]    ...

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Gérard Chauvin and Lanah Shaï

[vc_row][vc_column][qodef_custom_font font_family="Montserrat" font_size="24" line_height="34" font_weight="700" letter_spacing="-0.4" text_align="left" content_custom_font="BIO" color="#222222"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]Gérard Chauvin is a multimedia artist who works on crucial questions of identity, gender and the body, and has been exhibited in many art galleries worldwide. He is well known for his participation in Kika Nicolela’s project, Exquisite Corpse Video Project (ECVP), which has been exhibited at a range of venues including: The Local NYC, New York (2017); Gallery West, Toronto (2014); Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery (2011); Atelier397, São Paulo (2011); and as part of the Wikitopia event, Double Happiness Studio, Hong Kong (2010). Lanah Shaï is a photographer, poet and rock trans-identity musician who is currently transitioning male to female. The artwork Mutation has been exhibited at a number of French art festivals such as Traverse Video Festival, Toulouse (2017); Festival Organo, Bordeaux (2017); and ZOU! Festival, Serres (2016).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]  ...

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Zaya Barroso

[vc_row][vc_column][qodef_custom_font font_family="Montserrat" font_size="24" line_height="34" font_weight="700" letter_spacing="-0.4" text_align="left" content_custom_font="BIO" color="#222222"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]Zaya Barroso was born in Sydney (Australia) to a family that fled Montevideo during Uruguay’s repressive dictatorship. When Barroso was 10 years old the family moved back to Uruguay before moving once again to Australia when she was 16. Raised in a family of artists and singing protest songs, Barroso was a member of a gospel choir and various Latin folk bands in Sydney. Barroso was sexually and physically abused as a child and used yoga and psychological therapy as part of their treatment. At 35 she began to transition and now lives in Sydney and is a member of the city’s vibrant queer community.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]  ...

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