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Deanna Armenti

Deanna Armenti

Areas of ExpertiseQueer Studies, Subspace, Kink, BDSM, Craft as Activism, Practice-based Research, Queer Temporalities, Liminal Space, Semiotics

 

Deanna Armenti (She/Fae) is a Queer Genderfae poet, zine creator, and textile researcher. Her practice-based research explores queer, kink identities through the lens of embodiment and affect to investigate the queer erotic form. Deanna seeks to combat the pathologization and stigmatization of the queer kink community by demystifying the lifestyle. Her creation of accessible material installations is an embodied practice which invites folks to engage with the community. Deanna's research focuses on queer temporalities, seeking liminal spaces and 'slices in time' as a means of conveying the non-linear spectrum of queerness. She also explores the community's use of signalling as semiotics, investigating alternate forms of communication such as sign-based discourse.