From QUEER to QUEERING: From identity to a progressive verb

Freier Eintritt / Free Entry / Spendenbasiert / Donation-based

As individuals, we know that a queer identity constantly presents challenges. However, as a collective, it becomes clear that identity categories and their acceptance only contribute to a limited extent to bringing about fundamental change towards an inclusive world. We must take action both as individuals and as a collective. Are we perpetuating existing exclusion without being aware of it because we are doing the same thing in rainbow colors?

Queering as a verb in the progressive form allows us to understand our practices as processes and to try things out. A queer inclusive world currently exists only in the imagination; it requires experimentation, a trial run that shows us whether our actions, at least for the time being, create more space for plural forms of expression.

In this artist talk, queer tango takes center stage as a foil for reflection.…