An Otherwise heaven: A Zine Launch & Exhibition

Heaven is often positioned as a place of eternal riches; imagined as an exclusive gated community with gold plated roads and endless mansions, heaven is made seductive through images of wealth. Glorious Blasphemy Zine Issue 2, titled "An Otherwise Heaven," was both a zine launch and group exhibition exploring: what can heaven be when not held hostage by the greed of the capitalist imagination? Here, we annihilate and reform heaven into a blasphemous paradise, one that centers Black/queer/trans dreaming.

This exhibition was held from October 4th - October 24th, 2024 at the Da Vinci Art Alliance (DVAA) Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. This project was awarded the UPenn Campaign for Community Award as well as the Hershey Humanities Against Discrimination Grant from the UPenn Wolf Humanities Center.

Exhibiting Artists:
Amir Khadar
angel shanel edwards
Azsaneé Truss
Jah Beverly
Rraine Hanson
Terrell Maurice
Tiffany R. Smith
Wàshesi
Webb

Photos courtesy of L. Elwood at DVAA.