Fire, everywhere unpacks the complexity of resistance and resilience within queer lives. It turns the iconic symbol of the fight, the boxing glove, into research on violence and dynamics of empowerment. The performance questions how to navigate trajectories of oppression when hegemonic powers seem insurmountable for the marginalised. Holding space to mourn and releasing anger to transform, Fire, everywhere explores ways to challenge and twist power dynamics, seeking expanding love for life amidst the constant fight.
Received the DAAD Prize 2024 at AdBK Nuremberg
Acknowledgements: JP Raether, Kerstin Stakemeier, Syowia Kyambi, Tamara Antonijevic and the first, second and third generation of Live Art Forms MFA program at AdBK, Nuremberg: Caroline Beach, Dambi Kim, Gordon Douglas, Jan Kunkel, Mars Silbernagel, Noe Duboutay, Sophia Loekenhoff, Vilja Mihalovsky, @nnast_antn, Aniaat Sovzikhanova, Ella Hebendanz, Gabriel_le Taillefert, Julia Rosenstock, Kieron Jina, Maciek Sado, Masha Patsyuk, Pamela Varela, Pati Masłowska and Zoe Knights.
Photo by Sophia Lökenhoff
Edited by Görkem Ergün
Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu (Berlin & Istanbul) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans long-durational live performances, video, installation, sculpture, and public interventions. Leman’s work delves into the intricate intersections of chronopolitics and necropolitics, with a keen focus on the vulnerability and resilience of marginalized, especially queer bodies. Their artistic inquiry is driven by a deep engagement with histories of violence and systems of privilege, challenging and re-appropriating these narratives from a distinctly Southwest Asian perspective. Through a nuanced examination of queer methodologies and temporalities, Leman draws connections between the past and present, addressing the legacies of hegemonic powers, totalitarian regimes, and dictatorships, while also responding to the rising tides of fascism and conservatism globally.
Proud Haram Festival
The Proud Haram Festival is an interdisciplinary queer performance festival that offers a stage for LGBTQIA+ and migrant artists from 1 to 6 April and presents theatre, performance, dance, music and installations. This festival campaigns against censorship, discrimination and political oppression of queer art. While spaces for queer artists in different regions are becoming smaller and smaller due to increasing restrictions and conflicts, we want to resist and create art together in Berlin. We strive to foster an environment where queer art not only survives, but thrives, with an awareness of justice and peaceful coexistence.
Festival director: Ufuk Tan Altunkaya
April 1st, 8 pm.
For tickets, click here.