16 March – 8 pm
Trans Lives Matter
When thinking about “trans lives” there are several questions that come to my mind: Why is the focus always on su ering, pain and victimization? Why can’t we talk about the same things by changing perspective and point of view?
Not trying to deny that we go through these experiences, both in everyday life and in the small things, as well as in other enormous things, like believing that we can face coming out to our grandmother. But I do believe that we can talk about the same thing: moving away from the place where they always want to put us, homogenizing our stories in a victimizing way. And that’s why I think it’s necessary to tell it our way and in the rst person.
(Pi Bruno, curator)
Selected short films
Leaving Chouchou
by Lucie Demange, France (29’’)
It’s the holidays at my mother’s place. The atmosphere is tense: she doesn’t accept that I’m not the feminine daughter she always dreamed of having. In addition, she is in the middle of her breakup with my stepfather. The holidays are going to be hectic…
Becoming Joy Queer
by Ronnie Cheng & Leo Litke, Canada (5.58’’)
Tien is the first Asian trans man to publicly come out in the Vancouver, then, gay and lesbian community of 2001. In this profound and inspiring film, Tien shares his story as a trailblazing, racialised, transgender immigrant and his journey to discovering his true purpose in life — cultivating and becoming joy.
Furious Guaracha
by Sofe Cheso, Argentina (3.48’’)
May the scream embrace us and our fury lead us to feed our emancipation.
Video portrait Sophocles
by Sofe Cheso, Argentina (1’’)
This is an account of images and sensations that come from testosterone,
it is a personal and social check out of who I am, who I want to be. Welcome to the possibility of changing the way you think.
Wait your turn
by João Carvalho, Germany (14.22’’)
A young man tries to bear with his intense menstrual pains while stuck in a public waiting room. He feels exposed until his own gaze takes over the screen, turning his need for pleasure and care into a common cause, a collective fantasy. Wait Your Turn is an invitation inside the subjective perspective of a trans man navigating pleasures and pains in public space.
Glimmerstøv
by Noah Holtegaard, Sweden (1.37’’)
“Glimmerstørv” is a video work about transness, inspired by cartoons like Winx, Ben10 and Dragon Ball, which are cartoons about people transforming themselves in fantastic, luminous sequences and becoming a more magical version of themselves. I work with creating digital realities that can act as a virtual utopia for queer people, free from the constraints of our physical reality.
The day of cis visibility in art
by Julian Sosa Recalde, Argentina (27’’)
Cis Visibility Day in the Arts is the sequel to the documentary
the documentary “Cis Visibility Day”. On this occasion
several renowned artists come together to organise a multidisciplinary exhibition in a multidisciplinary exhibition in homage to cis identities and their struggle. While the first installment aimed to listen to family members, partners, peers and specialists and specialists in the field, the first edition of the Day of Queer Visibility in Art focuses on fully artistic expressions, letting art speak for itself.