{"id":902,"date":"2015-12-18T15:26:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T20:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/?p=902"},"modified":"2019-10-22T01:32:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T05:32:04","slug":"shifting-zero-dont-ask-dont-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/?p=902","title":{"rendered":"Shifting Zero: DON&#8217;T ASK DON&#8217;T TELL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1462 \" src=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-300x55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-300x55.jpg 300w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-768x140.jpg 768w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-1024x187.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-822x150.jpg 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Shifting Zero: DON&#8217;T ASK DON&#8217;T TELL<\/strong> \/ Miami Beach, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Re-appropriating &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t&#8221; by writing it in the sand as it gets repeatedly washed away by the incoming tide reflects Strauss\u2019 identity as a queer artist and conveys a sense of urgency and absurdity in our grappling with sea level rise. In response to the regulations in Florida at the time prohibiting the official use of the words &#8220;climate change&#8221; and &#8220;global warming,&#8221; this public action equates strategies of the military&#8217;s historic discriminatory policy against LGBTQ people with the tourist and real estate economy that drives an often blissful ignorance regarding rising sea levels and the impending crisis.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ShiftingZero.Don&#039;tAskDon&#039;tTell_excerpt\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/344247470?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"231\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-1024x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1515\" srcset=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-1024x231.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-300x68.jpg 300w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-768x173.jpg 768w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-665x150.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-1024x187.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"187\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-1024x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1462\" data-link=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/?attachment_id=1462\" class=\"wp-image-1462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-1024x187.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-300x55.jpg 300w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-768x140.jpg 768w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1.-Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1-822x150.jpg 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-1024x231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"231\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-1024x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1515\" data-link=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/?attachment_id=1515\" class=\"wp-image-1515\" srcset=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-1024x231.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-300x68.jpg 300w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-768x173.jpg 768w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dont-ask-dont-tell-665x150.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell_installation_Strauss.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"656\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell_installation_Strauss.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1530\" data-link=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/?attachment_id=1530\" class=\"wp-image-1530\" srcset=\"http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell_installation_Strauss.jpg 1020w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell_installation_Strauss-300x193.jpg 300w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell_installation_Strauss-768x494.jpg 768w, http:\/\/laurenciastrauss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4Shifting-Zero_Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell_installation_Strauss-233x150.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shifting Zero: DON&#8217;T ASK DON&#8217;T TELL \/ Miami Beach, 2015 Re-appropriating &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t&#8221; by writing it in the sand as it gets repeatedly washed away by the incoming tide reflects Strauss\u2019 identity as a queer artist and conveys a sense of urgency and absurdity in our grappling with sea level rise. 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