Dean Hutton

Dean Hutton (b. 1976) makes trouble. Working at the intersections of trans media visual culture, performance and community action, their studio practice bridges genres of documentary, fiction and fantasy to produce radical queer counter narratives and experiences for repair and resistance. As Goldendean, their strategy of simple disruptive actions share moments of soft courage – affirming the right of all bodies to exist, be celebrated, protected. As an educator they create spaces for invention and connection.

"This is a lament and is to be used as a lament." – The avatar of Goldendean – molded from clay earth, much like a golem – performs a dirge. Summoned by hubris, they embody collectives of grief and trauma in the (social) body through intersections of history, memory, and resistance.