“My unpaid full-time job is being unapologetically fat, queer, and femme/inist. For money, I perform, speak, write, create images and installations, lead workshops, give talks, organise/curate performance events, shake my jelly, or get naked. Being invested with my own body as content, material, and/or display is of high significance to everything I do. I'm currently […]
This public discussion with guests will focus on manifestations of racism and other forms of hate towards minority/marginalised groups, with an emphasis on hate speech. We will address the interconnectedness of racism, as well as other manifestations of oppression and marginalisation, present in Slovene and European societies, focusing on connecting racism with LGBTIQ+ and gender-based […]
Stories of an Indecent Girl is a video performance, an intimate and personal experience about being a woman and her sexual affirmation within the cultural context of Cape Verde and the African diaspora. Lolo Arziki is a young African film-maker born in Cape Verde and trained in Portugal. Her work addresses topics such as sexuality, […]
Various expressions of racism are very common in Slovenian politics, the public sphere, media, everyday interactions, and public posts. Tackling racism in Slovenia is very hard because our society is distinctly white and religiously homogeneous, and it sees itself as a society that has not been influenced by colonialism. Racism is deep in every pore […]
U=U campaign presentation The members of ŠKUC Magnus will present the U=U campaign. We welcome everyone who wants to learn more about the complex stigma HIV-positive people face from HIV-positive individuals themselves. People living with HIV in Slovenia often still publically hide their status out of fear of discrimination. The stigma against HIV-positive LGBTIQ+ individuals […]
Both Cocaine Piss’s music and their name carry associations of ugliness, provocativeness, and lewdness; but the message of this quartet from Belgium cuts as deep as their singer’s voice. Their songs are fast, angry, and mostly shy of two minutes long. The band members identify as queer, support gender equality, and fight against sexism and […]
Sasha Perera, aka Perera Elsewhere, always has one ear tilted toward the future. As the vocalist in the Berlin trio, Jahcoozi, Perera and her bandmates made forward-thinking bass music before the onset of polyglot dance music boom of the last decade. She describes the music on her latest solo album, All Of This, as “doom […]
Rainbow in the pocket is a new manual for affirmative strategies of addressing LGBTIQ+ topics through art. The manual is comprised of an extensive theoretical introduction and 8 animated workshops that address different aspects of LGBTIQ+ topics, ranging from basic terminology to discrimination and violence. The authors and trainers will present the manual and demonstrate […]
WOOF is a spoken-word experience navigating the intersectionalities between gender, race, immigration, and mental health. Chiyo: The Prinx of Provocation. The Dark Prinx and Stray Mutt of London's Cabaret scene. An Afrolatinx trans body attempting to fuck shit up. Chiyo has been destroying the UK Drag scene, dismantling the core of Cabaret with professionally executed […]
