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Gaymers: Bootlezzing the Archives (2019)
Collaboration with Ginger Brooks Takahashi
Curated by Christina Linden
Gaymers: Bootlezzing the Archives is an interactive gayming space created by Ginger Brooks Takahashi and Nica Ross for the exhibition Queer California: Untold Stories at the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California, April 13–August 11, 2019.

Featuring accessibly redesigned versions of the tabletop games Rainbow Gayme (1992), It’s Only Natural (1986), and D.Y.K.E. (1986), presented as playable bootlegs. While their content remains unchanged, the games have been reimagined in scale and format for a museum setting, inviting players to explore LGBTQ lives, values, and histories.

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Gayme Rules, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Full Installation, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Cards for Do You Know Enough (1986), Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Do You Know Enough Gayme Table (1986), Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
It’s Only Natural (1986) Kotatsu Table, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
It’s Only Natural Gayme Cards, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Pronoun Die, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Rainbow Gayme Rug, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA