Manual: How to become a boy

Reclaiming identity as a boy took decades. This personal project reads as a setup for a movie,  revealing what it means to rebuild a self after systematic gender destruction in childhood. Across 500–600 drawings, I created a visual manual on how to become a boy.

Back to Boy depicts the transformation from an unwanted adult body into that of a boy, through mixed‑media representations of the body.

Heroes of the Process shows the painful, difficult, and heroic moments within this journey.

Supporters in the Background is based on the present‑day visibility of boyhood identity, translated into anonymized portraits of those who contributed to this reconstruction by showing themselves as boy.

FEATURING

Back to Boy

pastels on watercolor paper 21 X 29 CM 2023

Heroes of the process (Stage 1-4)

various media

THE SUPPORTERS IN THE BACKGROUND (Stage 5 and beyond- classical roles)

various media