{"id":26,"date":"2020-06-17T14:34:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T14:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:42:11","slug":"expulsion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/index.php\/expulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"Expulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Expulsion - trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_nuclL0KDA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kevin-gaffney-expulsion-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kevin-gaffney-expulsion-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kevin-gaffney-expulsion-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kevin-gaffney-expulsion-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kevin-gaffney-expulsion-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kevin-gaffney-expulsion-540x338.jpg 540w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kevin-gaffney-expulsion-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kevin-gaffney-expulsion-1980x1238.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kevin-gaffney-expulsion.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em>Expulsion <\/em>(30 minutes, 2021) moves between a fictional Queer State, archival footage of queer activists, a guided meditation to expunge internalised homophobia\/transphobia, and nocturnal rituals.<\/p>\n<p>As the utopic idea of a Queer State devolves from a promised oppositional force into a dystopian bureaucracy, it begins to protect its borders and reject some &#8220;applicants&#8221; from entering the state. These applicants to the state are required to undergo a formal procedure to assess their suitability for citizenship, that is, how their sexuality and politics align with the purpose of the state. Questioning who decides who gets to belong, rejected applicants are offered brutal guidance how to express their sexuality and identity in a manner that will allow them to reintegrate to their home state.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Expulsion incorporates archival footage of Joan Jett Blakk, the drag persona of Terence Smith, who ran for mayor of Chicago in 1991 and for president in the USA in 1992 on the ticket of the Queer Nation party. <em>Expulsion<\/em> navigates through queer history, from the witchcraft trials and the inquisition, to current debates around homonormativity and the co-opting of queerness by capitalism. 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