Spencer J. Harrison: The Museum of Closetry
Art Gallery of Peterborough, 2025
UPCOMING
Through found objects, assemblage, and layered narratives, Dr. Spencer J. Harrison and curator Lucas Azevedo Cabral create a fictional museum that imagines queer history as abundant and visible. The exhibition reclaims cultural gaps and archival silence, using them as fertile ground to craft a world where queer identities have always thrived.
The Museum of Closetry is a space of contradictions: historical yet speculative, intimate yet expansive, playful yet profound. The objects on display are accompanied by interpretive labels that interweave storytelling with historical and imagined contexts, drawing the viewer into a complex tapestry of identities and experiences.
This exhibition is more than an archive—it’s an act of resistance and reclamation. By presenting queer narratives as vibrant, messy, and beautifully incomplete, The Museum of Closetry invites viewers to reflect on what it means to belong, to remember, and to make space for the stories that history has tried to hide.
While strides have been made in queer visibility, the reality of growing bigotry reminds us that countless queer lives are still lived in silence, leaving us to wonder how much remains unseen.