(re)constructing familiarities - installation, performance
“For a while, there has been some interest in the topic from her. My mum has also learnt a bit about how to use pronouns and that it’s important. It’s certainly lovely that she’s made this change in her mid-60s. I hope that I can be just as open to new things later on.” (Excerpt of Interview)
“I can’t handle it when my family misgenders me. And I don’t want to have to put up with it either.” (Excerpt of Interview)
What does the word “family” mean to you? What does it mean in a world where it is inevitably interwoven with heteronormative, religious and capitalist implications? What does it mean to – and for – the people who fall out of that frame?
7 interviews with trans* and queer people to their relationship with this odd construct we call “family” are at the heart of the performative exhibition. The artists invite you for a tangible, heartbreaking as well as heartwarming experience of these stories.
showings
01.06.2024-02.06.2024, Basement Ehemaliges Studierendenzentrum Bockenheim, Frankfurt
16.09.2024-22.09.2024, Internationales Frauen* Theater Festival, Frankfurt
28.09.2024-29.09.2024, ZeitZeug Festival, Bochum