NYC Trans Oral History Project
The NYC Trans Oral History Project is a collective, community-based archive of transgender life in New York, founded in 2014 and built in partnership with the New York Public Library and local community groups.
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Co-Founder and academic Abram J. Lewis and Project Coordinator and artist Aviva Silverman discuss the meaning and significance of building this radical archive with Dao X. Tran, whose work with Voice of Witness supports social justice movements through the collection and publication of oral histories. This panel opens with a reading from interdisciplinary artist, writer, and organizer Early Shinada, converging collective moments of witness around live relays of history.
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Interdisciplinary artist, writer, and organizer Early Shinada (they/them) opens Corpus Delicti with a creative offering in the Armory’s Veterans Room, October 14, 2023.
Photo by Da Ping Luo, courtesy of Park Avenue Armory.
NYC Trans Oral History Project Co-Founder Abram J. Lewis (center, any pronouns) and Project Coordinator Aviva Silverman (right, they/them) discuss the meaning and significance of the archive in the first panel of Corpus Delicti, moderated by Dao Tran (right, she/her), Editorial Director at Voice of Witness.
Photo by Da Ping Luo, courtesy of Park Avenue Armory.
Editorial Director of Voice of Witness Dao Tran (left, she/her) and NYC Trans Oral History Project Co-Founder Abram J. Lewis (right, any pronouns) discuss the meaning and significance of the archive in the first panel of Corpus Delicti at Park Avenue Armory, October 14, 2023.
Photo by Da Ping Luo, courtesy of Park Avenue Armory.
NYC Trans Oral History Project Co-Founder Abram J. Lewis (left, any pronouns) and Project Coordinator Aviva Silverman (right, they/them) discuss the meaning and significance of the archive in the first panel of Corpus Delicti at Park Avenue Armory.
Photo by Da Ping Luo, courtesy of Park Avenue Armory.
NYC Trans Oral History Project Co-Founder Abram J. Lewis (center, any pronouns) and Project Coordinator Aviva Silverman (right, they/them) discuss the meaning and significance of the archive in the first panel of Corpus Delicti, moderated by Dao Tran (right, she/her), Editorial Director at Voice of Witness.
Photo by Da Ping Luo, courtesy of Park Avenue Armory.
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