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110: Gericault De La Rose knows who she is and won't change for anyone
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Gericault De La Rose is a queer trans Filipinx woman, and refuses to change for anyone.
"Being that queer trans person completely owning herself I hope gives other people permission to be themselves, too," she says.
A master's student in UC Berkeley's Department of Art Practice, Gericault explores in her art Philippine mythology and her experience as a trans woman. One time, she dressed up like a manananggal — a kind of monster that detaches from her lower body at night to look for unborn babies to eat — and then slept in an art gallery for six hours.
"I look at the manananggal as kind of a metaphor for how society sees trans women — how this is literally a woman detached from her reproductive organs. And what are you as a woman if you can’t reproduce?"
When Gericault came out to her parents as trans in her early 20s, they disowned her. For her thesis project, Gericault will unravel huge tapestries with images of her parents' stomachs on them.
"It’s about disconnection and severance," she says. "I’m thinking about how much of myself is a part of them and how much of them are a part of me, and it’s kind of this final goodbye."
Gericault's final MFA piece is part of the Annual UC Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, which opens on May 10 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).
Listen to the episode, see photos and read the transcript on Berkeley News (news.berkeley.edu).
UC Berkeley photo by Sofia Liashcheva.
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