In an engaging presentation of works and artist history, A.L. Steiner shared still images and videos of their work, much of which uses low-scale production image making to examine queer culture. The artist also shared anecdotes from their negotiations with institutions, resulting in fervent notetaking and laughter amongst the Mason Gross audience.
Artist bio (from the artist's website).
A.L. Steiner utilizes constructions of photography, video, installation, collage, collaboration, performance, writing and curatorial work as seductive tropes channeled through the sensibility of a skeptical queer ecofeminist androgyne. Steiner is co-curator of Ridykeulous, co-founder of Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) and collaborates with numerous writers, performers, designers, activists and artists. She is Senior Critic in Film/Video at Yale University's School of Art, and serves as faculty in the MFA Photography program at Bard College. Steiner is based in New York + Los Angeles, and is featured in permanent collections such as The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Marieluise Hessel Collection of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hammer Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami and The Museum of Modern Art. She is the recipient of the Art Matters Foundation Grant, Tiffany Foundation Award, Berlin Prize, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award and Presidential Visiting Fellowship in Visual Arts at Yale University's School of Art.
Image description: Animated .GIF of the artist, A. L. Steiner, and three or four crew members installing a photographic collage in a three-walled exhibition space. Photographs in the collage include bodies in various settings wearing various degrees of clothing. Installation equipment also moves through the space: a rolling desk, a red ladder, a push broom, blue tape, a trash can and a spray bottle assist with the artist's installation.