20-21st May 2023

Curator: Deniz Güvensoy Artists: Zeynab Kirikou Gueye, anton_ie and Marina Leo Shamov

Performance and Lectures

During these two performative evenings, which will follow the first workshop of the Das Goldene Buch project, we will experience three different performative approaches that engage art with activism. All interested in the issues of trans-inclusive, queer feminism, anti-war, anti-discriminatory activism, ecology, and more-than-human identities, the artists will present a set of variety of manifesting political and artistic expression. Following the workshop, Zeynab Kirikou Gueye will perform ‘Homecoming’, an artwork based on story-telling and a semi-hybrid DJ-Set. Sharing the nuances of learning about belonging through their embodied experience of returning to Senegal, a place of their ancestry, they will question what power lies in a Black queer consciousness multiplied by racially distinct contexts. On our second evening, anto_nie will present a lecture, taking you a ride into the world of queer/coded villains, queer monstrosity, and its representation in horror movies. After that, Marina Leo will perform a rap performance “When somewhere there becomes somewhere here”, dealing with political oppression and queer resistance, based on the manifesto-songs of the Techno-Poetry cooperative, of which Marina is a member.

Video link , In collaboration with QMA collective.