SANTES is an information gathering project started by StormMiguel Florez and Luna Merbruja for living BIPOC queer/trans/non-binary people to decide how we would like to be engaged with and honored when we become ancestors.
To participate, please fill out our GOOGLE FORM
To participate, please fill out our GOOGLE FORM
CW: Death and Dying
It recently occurred to StormMiguel that when he dies, he wants to have some input on how people engage with him as an ancestor - how they pray to him, how they ask for support and guidance, and how they honor him. This gave him the idea of SANTES, a project where queer and trans BIPOC canonize ourselves while we're still alive, so that our loved ones and those who come after us know how to get our attention and honor us long after we've passed. For now, we are simply gathering information for queer and/or trans BIPOC of any age who want this information known by community when they pass. Think of this as a spiritual obituary where you have agency in how you are remembered and interacted with after you die.
Other notes about this project:
Feel free to email us with any questions or thoughts you have about this project.
StormMiguel Florez [email protected] or
Luna Merbruja [email protected].
Thank you for participating.
Much love,
StormMiguel Florez &
Luna Merbruja
Luna Merbruja is a Mexican & Athabaskan artist currently based in the Pacific Northwest. They are a Lambda Literary Finalist for their poetry book Heal Your Love, and have been published in Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic and The Resilience Anthology. They co-wrote and co-directed Transmutation: A Ceremony. You can follow them on social media @LunaMerbruja
StormMiguel Florez (he/him/elle) is a trans, queer Chicane filmmaker, whose work includes the documentaries and narrative films: The Whistle (Producer/Director), MAJOR! (Editor/Co-Producer 2015), Vulveeta (Co-Editor, Co-Producer, Actor), and his upcoming feature narrative Welcome To Roswell. He is also an event and media producer, actor, and life-long musician. He’s originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, which he very much considers to be his homeland, and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25 years.
It recently occurred to StormMiguel that when he dies, he wants to have some input on how people engage with him as an ancestor - how they pray to him, how they ask for support and guidance, and how they honor him. This gave him the idea of SANTES, a project where queer and trans BIPOC canonize ourselves while we're still alive, so that our loved ones and those who come after us know how to get our attention and honor us long after we've passed. For now, we are simply gathering information for queer and/or trans BIPOC of any age who want this information known by community when they pass. Think of this as a spiritual obituary where you have agency in how you are remembered and interacted with after you die.
Other notes about this project:
- This is an information gathering project that may turn into an art project at a later time.
- If we end up creating an art project with this information, we would ask for your permission directly and work in collaboration with you and any other artists (visual, audio, etc) involved in the piece about you.
- Feel free to fill out this form AND/OR answer the questions for yourself privately and share with whoever you want to share with. We will not share this information publicly while you are living - without your permission.
Feel free to email us with any questions or thoughts you have about this project.
StormMiguel Florez [email protected] or
Luna Merbruja [email protected].
Thank you for participating.
Much love,
StormMiguel Florez &
Luna Merbruja
Luna Merbruja is a Mexican & Athabaskan artist currently based in the Pacific Northwest. They are a Lambda Literary Finalist for their poetry book Heal Your Love, and have been published in Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic and The Resilience Anthology. They co-wrote and co-directed Transmutation: A Ceremony. You can follow them on social media @LunaMerbruja
StormMiguel Florez (he/him/elle) is a trans, queer Chicane filmmaker, whose work includes the documentaries and narrative films: The Whistle (Producer/Director), MAJOR! (Editor/Co-Producer 2015), Vulveeta (Co-Editor, Co-Producer, Actor), and his upcoming feature narrative Welcome To Roswell. He is also an event and media producer, actor, and life-long musician. He’s originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, which he very much considers to be his homeland, and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25 years.