Overhead Projector and Screen Ornament Raffle Ticket

Handmade by Annelise Capossela

Let’s dim the lights, roll out the cart with the squeaky wheel, and do some math problems on the overhead projector. “You’re projecting” isn’t a pejorative anymore, it’s a call to join in the time honored tradition of turning a sentence diagramming lesson into a shadow play. Every young queer can remember sitting at their desks, just itching to get called up and be the puppet master themselves. Choose your dry-erase color wisely (pink) and telegraph to the class ya gay. This 90s projector is armed with a transparency sheet covered in decidedly non-algebraic doodles, as well as a screen that just might kill you with the recoil when you try to roll it back up.

• Handmade by Annelise Capossela
• Story by Stephanie Rudig
• One of a kind
• Projector approx. 2 x inches wide x 4 inches long x 2 inches deep
• Projector string: 4 inches
• Screen approx. 3.25 x inches wide x  3.5 inches long x 0.25 inches deep
• Screen string: 2.5inches
• Materials: Pine wood, acrylic paint, canvas, mixed media

• All proceeds from raffle tickets will be donated to The Ali Forney Center, whose mission is to protect homeless Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning youth from the harms of homelessness and empower them with the tools needed to be independent.

• Inspired by the article Get Your Head Out of the Cloud