Neon Wire Spelling Avery

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Transology

Blue wire spelling "Rock" lies on a surface, accompanied by a handwritten tag.

Blue wire spelling "Rock" lies on a surface, accompanied by a handwritten tag.

Name/Title

Neon Wire Spelling Avery

Entry/Object ID

MOT/2024/NDOTC/PLYM/019

Tags

National Day of Trans Collecting, Plymouth, Art

Collection

National Day of Trans Collecting

Category

Trans Identity, Artwork

Dimensions

Height

21 cm

Width

55 cm

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Bishopsgate Institute, London

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Tag Transcription

Notes

Handcrafted neon sign of my chosed name. It was one thing to change my name on paper via deed poll, but it never felt like I'd earnt my new name. I felt people would look at me and they'd just know I had another. Silly really, but committing my name to large, tacky bright neons helped me feel I 'owned' name and noone could take it.