A portrait of the late trans artist Flo McGarrell and also a tribute, poetic and moving, from one artist to a treasured collaborator now lost. In Jacmel, on the southern coast of Haiti, McGarrell ran a regional art center, which he fostered a home base for an emerging queer movement. He thrived there until his death in the earthquake of January, 2010. Cronenwett, an artistic partner of McGarrell’s, here shares conversations with artists and community members recalling their colleague, and also deftly includes footage of a film project the two were unable to complete, an adaption of Kathy Acker’s Kathy Goes to Haiti, with Zackary Drucker. This collage of voices and art making becomes a means of coping, Peace of Mind compelling as a genuine queer reverie around and for an artist, activist, and friend.

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