Wir sind Schmutz
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Reading about it all
September 20, 2023
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As part of my preparations before travelling to Berlin and the Hirschfeld Collection, I am doing some reading. You may say that this project started with the book on the top right, “Gay Berlin” that I discovered in the superp London bookshop “Gay’s The Word” some years ago. Now I…
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Researching the early queer pioneers
September 20, 2023
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This November I am going to start working on an artistic project based on very early Queer history. I will start with a period of artistic research in Berlin, for it was in Germany the modern understanding of being Queer started. I have been interested in the queer pioneers in…
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Am I dirty? The naming of a project
September 20, 2023
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I will start my work in Berlin at the Magnus Hirschfeld Collection in the beginning of November. What this project will be, will become clear first after I have worked with the material for some time, probably even some months. I have been reading and thinking a bit about the…
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Schmutz
September 20, 2023
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“Wir sind Schmutz” – “We are dirt”. Is this how we Queers have been thought of? Is this how we think about ourselves?
I am currently working on an artistic project based on very early Queer history. I will start with a period of artistic research in Berlin, for it…