Emma Kivisild A.K.A Lizard Jones

Video (6:58): Emma Kivisild A.K.A Lizard Jones talks about the Canadian queer feminist art collective Kiss & Tell’s erotic images of lesbians and their first exhibition and then she discusses her later projects queer art projects and disability artworks.

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‘Kiss & Tell is a performance and artist collective whose work is concerned with lesbian sexuality, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. In the late 1980s, collective members Persimmon Blackbridge, Lizard Jones, and Susan Stewart came together to explore debates within the queer community around lesbian sexual practice. Their landmark exhibition was called Drawing the Line and was first held at Vancouver’s Women in Focus Gallery in 1988. (…) “Drawing the Line” was made in response to the “porn wars” of the late 80’s-the feminist debate of if female sexual imagery was more oppressive to women, or if it was empowering to women.’ – Wikipedia

Emma Kivisild, know by the pseudonym Lizard Jones, is a visual artist, award-winning writer, and performer from Vancouver, born in 1961.