Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson soar in their wheelchairs in front of a bright green screen with extended arms and one hand gripping a white barbed wire. Alice leans inward above Laurel; Laurel flies below, almost upside down, legs and wheels tucked above their torso and reaching to embrace Alice. Alice is a multiracial Black woman with short bright orange curly hair and coffee-colored skin; Laurel is a white person with pale skin and cropped peacock blue hair. They wear copper bodysuits overlaid with a fine haze of black mesh, delicate filigree headpieces of copper, brass, and pearl, and beaded cuffs. Photo Cherylnn Tsushima

Venus balances on the footplate of Andromeda’s wheelchair, arms spread wide and wheels spinning. Andromeda opens her arms wide to receive her in an embrace. They make eye contact and smile. A starry sky fills the background, and moonlight glints off their rims. Photo BRITT / Jay Newman