VIDEO
PROJECTS
MOTHA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ADDRESS (ch. 1-5)
by Chris E. Vargas, 2014.
This video is part of a series screened during a hybrid live and pre-recorded multimedia presentation in which Chris E. Vargas performs as the Museum of Trans Hirstory & Art's Executive Director. Throughout the series, Vargas discusses the MOTHA’s futurity as an institution that is forever "under construction.” Chapters 1, 2, and 5 are featured below.
Chapter 1 (4.5 min.)
From the series, MOTHA Executive Director Address.
In this first installment of the series, Vargas discusses projected programming and facility plans for the forever "under construction" institution.
Chapter 2 (4.5 min.)
From the series, MOTHA Executive Director Address.
In this second installment of the MOTHA Executive Director address video series, Chris E. Vargas talks about the projected plans for the museum’s facilities.
Chapter 5 (4.5 min.)
From the series, MOTHA Executive Director Address.
In this fifth installment of the MOTHA Executive Director address video series, Chris E. Vargas talks about plans for the institution’s satellite theme restaurant in New York's gay beach resort community, Cherry Grove on Fire Island.
Speculative Futures & Hirstories (2020)
(20 min.)
The revolution has come! A fake museum with an imaginary past has re-invented itself for a post-revolutionary future. Re-introducing a new and improved Museum of Trans Hirstory & Art.
Commissioned by the Bergen Kunsthall museum in Bergen, Norway for the “Speculative Histories” event series curated by Scott Elliott.
