We went to Hayward Gallery and Tate Morden for a group study trip. It was the hottest day since I have moved to London. Utterly miserable to be outside, luckily, we were inside most of the time.

Kiss My Genders@ Hayward Gallery

This exhibition explores and celebrates gender identity and gender fluidity. It is the second exhibition of its kind that I have seen this year. The other one is a show in MFA Boston called Gender Bending Fashion.

We were told to start from the top floor. As I was getting off the stairs, immediately, I was drawn to a group of erotic photomontages by Pierre Molinier.

These montages were created by cutting up photos he took then link them up seamlessly. The surreal and orgiastic tangle of limbs were beautifully composed within the picture frame, first one in a symmetrical manner; second one almost chaotic. The viewer can feel the pain and pleasure he had when he was making the work and the struggle with his own sexual obsessions was liberated through these wild imaginations.

We kicked off our first project today. Starting with a brain storm session in our groups. We were asked to make a collage board with headlines from newspapers that made us think about what are the most important global issues of our time.

We think issues surrounding racism is very prominent and relevant in the current social and political climate.

As our discussion about racism progressed, we started to ask ourselves questions like:

-Can we live in a borderless world?

-Is a unified humanity possible?

-Why are people racist?

-How racism affect our lives?

My name is Summer Chen. I am from Boston. I am very excited that I will be sharing this adventurous journey with you guys!