Mark Andrew Hamilton

Mark Andrew Hamilton is a third year MA student under the advisement of Dr. Peter Gossage at Concordia University, Montréal, with a particular interest in queer archival histories and oral history. His MA thesis focuses on the graphic ephemera of HIV/AIDS activist collective ACT UP Montréal, utilizing oral history and aesthetic analysis. Outside of academia, his music as Woodpigeon and as a member of Frontperson has received critical acclaim from The Guardian, New York Times, Die Zeit and others. His newest musical project Brittle Dreams is currently recording their first LP with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts. His work as a writer has appeared in publications including The Vienna Review, Metropole and Icelandair Stopover, and he is presently the community director for QueerMTL at Tourisme Montréal and the curator of special exhibitions at the Archives gaies du Québec, where his exhibitions have included L’activisme esthétique d’ACT UP MONTRÉAL : une histoire en photos et en affiches, FAG QC* : 40 ans, 40 invité·es, 40 propositions tirées des Fonds des Archives Gaies du Québec, and GÉNÉRATION XEROX, an exhibition on queer zine and self-publishing culture.