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Reclaimed – A photo taken in the process of me scrubbing the paint off. Here We Are | Credit: Alex Jochim & Anonymous Collaborator Here We Are | Credit: Alex Jochim & Anonymous Collaborator Here I Am | Credit: Alex Jochim Here I Am | Credit: Alex Jochim Here I Am | Credit: Alex Jochim Here I Am | Credit: Alex Jochim Here I Am | Credit: Alex Jochimĭefaced – Photos taken after the vandal painted over the installation.
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Install – Photographs taken during the initial process of installing the work. Ultimately, I’m hoping that this piece will create an awareness of, conversation about and urgency for acceptance of LGBTQ+ communities existing in Omaha.
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Though the house paint the defacer used came off, for the most part, I’ve intentionally left the remainder of the vandal’s paint job on there as a reminder for the work that needs to be done in Omaha and as an homage to my anonymous collaborator. I also changed the original title, “Here I Am,” to “Here We Are.” I believe the vandal’s contribution proves my piece’s worth. My work was installed on May 29 and 30, and within 12 hours of installation, someone had defaced it! I think this says a lot about the urgency for LGBTQ+ artists and representation in this city. The image is paired with a quote from James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room touching on the great difficulty of acceptance: “Life gives us these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say ‘yes’ to life.” This first large-scale installation of mine, a public art project to be featured at a building on 25th & Farnam, features an image - enlarged from a 35mm film negative - portraying myself kissing my partner. Alex Jochim (he/him his), Photographer and Community Organizer Alex Jochim | Credit: Alex Jochim Here We Are * LGBTQ+ includes intersex, asexual, Two-Spirit and any & all other queer community members. Compiled via research and conversations with community members, this timeline seeks to broadcast voices from Nebraska’s vibrant queer community, spotlighting the struggles and strength of LGBTQ+ Nebraskans. The Reader also created a timeline commemorating milestones in LGBTQ+ Nebraska history.
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Some of the contributors include a Latinx singer/songwriter who offers lyrics about growing up pansexual in a “machista” household a musician/writer who opens up about being a young asexual person in Omaha a queer performer/artist from the Navajo Nation who shows their Pride collection of beaded earrings and writes about inspiring other queer BIPOC through performance and an activist/therapist who discusses experiencing both solidarity and abuse as a transgender lesbian of color. That’s what The Reader asked members of Omaha’s queer community this Pride Month, requesting they share stories and artwork about identifying as LGBTQ+ in a dynamic - but still conservative - state. What does it mean to be a member of the LGBTQ+* community in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2021?