LETTERS TO MARSHA

In 1992 mayfield brooks had a “imagined connection” with queer ancestor Marsha “Pay It No Mind” Johnson. mayfield was 21 and Marsha 46. Based on danced and written love notes, Letters to Marsha explores the weight of bodies and history, and the artist’s own evolution as a Black, non-binary queer connecting specters of Black queer death to memory, movement, sound, humor, and pathos.

Photo: Johanna K. Wilson