Departures that Brought Us Here

March 28, 2025 – June 29, 2025
Vladem Contemporary
Montezuma Ave.
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Departures that Brought Us Here merges research in LGBTQ+ archives with the kinetic movement of a split-flap display board. Traditionally used in airports and train stations to signal movement and transition, Gomez has transformed the display board into a storytelling platform containing messages, memories, and resistance from the LGBTQ+ community. Shifting letters combine with archival ephemera, echoing the fluctuating, fleeting nature of queer histories, highlighting the precarity of queer existence.This uncovering of queer Chicanx history challenges historical erasure of marginalized communities, calling attention to what histories are seen, heard, and remembered.