Celebrating 50 Years of Pride, 2023

Commissioned by Artiq

Material: Perspex, acrylic, neon flex curves, electronics

Dimensions: 60(h) x 30(w) x 30(d)cms

The #QueerFrontiers x Link Maquette Competition is a contest launched in partnership between Artiq and Link: LGBTQ+ Insurance Network to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Pride. Three winners were selected in November, and it's time to make their designs come to life! 

SCOR x Aphra Shemza

The SCOR submission drew heavily from nature, linking the history of the queer community and their experience to the form of a tree. This analogy was well executed and began a conversation upon both the roots of activism in the community and the contemporary product it has produced today.

The link between the natural and the humane, the modern and the historical, is carried through in her design for the maquette, which consists of a light sculpture that both addresses and reflects the aspirations of the proposal by working the technological and the natural into cohesion.