About
AQVA serves two related purposes: 1) provide a lightweight public registry to connect alternative queer creatives and supportive institutions who have a durable public presence beyond mainstream platforms, and 2) to provide general guidance and support to independent queer artists, projects or institutions interested in cultivating a durable public presence beyond mainstream platforms.
A static registry of public artist records with outward links. Each page is designed to answer simple questions: who is this person or project, what do they make or support, where are they based, and how should someone respectfully contact them?
The structure is intentionally modest so it can remain stable, portable, and easy to maintain.
It is also a collection of independent web resources written as a guide to building a web presence for your art practice.
It is not a social network, marketplace, gallery program, promotional feed, fan platform, or authority on queer art. It does not rank people, host comments, collect audience metrics, or try to keep visitors scrolling endlessly.
The registry should help someone find a better path to an artist's own site, archive, shop, or contact page.
We are a very small team of queer creatives who solely want to encourage other queer creatives to have more agency and independent control over their work and their artistic journey.
We have no affiliation with any third-party agency, corporation, or platform.
We are you.<3
Mission Statement
Works created by independent queer creatives deserve persistent and durable digital homes outside of mainstream platforms that don't serve our best interests. Our artistic journeys and experiences deserve contextual continuity, with the ability to independently evolve our practices without interference from third-party algorithms.