It all started with queerness. Queer as in… a community, rejecting the narrow categories that the patriarchal system wants to put us in. It’s about finding belonging when we have been cast out. It's about understanding that gender and sexuality cannot be disconnected from other social struggles. Queer as in…a political commitment, a rebellion, a revolt. None of us are free until all of us are free. Community care has become difficult to sustain in the face of sexism, racism, genocide, ecocide, and every other -ism and -ide in this web of power and control. Queer bodies have been deprived of holding spaces for each other, and for themselves. Many holidays and rituals today exclude queer narratives. Colonialism and capitalism broke down queer community bonds and favoured a specific type of romance. Selling us the classic love story. The happy ending. With this project, we aim to celebrate more forms of platonic intimacy, deep friendships and mentorships. We need alternative forms of intimacy and kinships as spaces of support and solidarity. Caring for ourselves, caring for each other, is inherently radical. A revolution on its own.
This zine was created by queers who see queerness as a form of resistance. Where we tie our struggles together against the oppressors, against the border, against the status quo. In order to embrace the complexity of our identities, the rituals of this project are multidisciplinary and are meant to remain ever-changing, reflecting our community's evolving nature. This is how we hope this project will evolve, together with you.
Thank you for meeting us here, in the margins, in the in betweens.
Marianne Bosco, Joa Wauquier, Gamze Sanli, Dàtà Meladze, Kiary De Marchis Garofalo and Coco Candido
A one week residency in Gent (2024) funded by Creative Europe
A one week residency in Gent (2024) funded by Creative Europe
A one week residency in Gent (2024) funded by Creative Europe