Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Leila Weefur’s “The Chapel of Becoming” is a video installation and transcendental space dedicated to and in celebration of the Transgender community. It resists spiritual practices centered on cis-gendered and able-bodied exceptionalism.
In this new video, Weefur shares how emblems and phrases rooted in queer and Trans literature serve as an invitation to enter “The Chapel of Becoming.” The work is also a reminder to the Trans community that becoming signifies endless possibilities in defining gender.
On February 15th, Weefur modified their artwork as “part of a collectively-organized public intervention protesting YBCA’s institutional silence on the genocide of Palestinians and its censorship of pro-Palestinian content. This action was in alignment with ‘The Chapel of Becoming’s’ invitation to resist, re-envision and create alternative futures for spaces that have historically rejected and excluded the voices and presence of marginalized people.”
Video produced by Corey Marsau
This public artwork is supported by the Office of Mayor London N. Breed and the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
Leila Weefur’s “The Chapel of Becoming” is a video installation and transcendental space dedicated to and in celebration of the Transgender community. It resists spiritual practices centered on cis-gendered and able-bodied exceptionalism.
In this new video, Weefur shares how emblems and phrases rooted in queer and Trans literature serve as an invitation to enter “The Chapel of Becoming.” The work is also a reminder to the Trans community that becoming signifies endless possibilities in defining gender.
On February 15th, Weefur modified their artwork as “part of a collectively-organized public intervention protesting YBCA’s institutional silence on the genocide of Palestinians and its censorship of pro-Palestinian content. This action was in alignment with ‘The Chapel of Becoming’s’ invitation to resist, re-envision and create alternative futures for spaces that have historically rejected and excluded the voices and presence of marginalized people.”
Video produced by Corey Marsau
This public artwork is supported by the Office of Mayor London N. Breed and the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
