With the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia on May 17, the International World Day of Cultural Diversity on May 21, the Feminist Strike on June 14, the Gay Pride on June 18/19, Gessnerallee captures the importance of visibility and attention to the concerns of our allies:
It is a year in which we refrain from gathering in solidarity with the most vulnerable among us. It is a year in which we refrain from filling spaces, halls, and streets with our bodies, our voices, and our concerns, in which the coming together and shoulder-to-shoulder of bodies in public space must be absent.
But how can we shape the public space if we can't occupy it, and be present together?
The Kollektiv Vo Da, the Migrant Solidarity Network, the Milchjugend, the Transgender Network Switzerland, Queeramnesty and the artist Paloma Ayala use the surface and outside of Gessnerallee - well visible in the middle of Kreis 1 - to give visibility to their concerns during this time. Together we work to establish presence in absence, to make signs in silence - to leave traces.
Traces for our allies to rejoice in, and traces for all those we have not yet reached, to show that the concerns are big, huge and cannot be brought down - even if you can't see the bodies.
With the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia on May 17, the International World Day of Cultural Diversity on May 21, the Feminist Strike on June 14, the Gay Pride on June 18/19, Gessnerallee captures the importance of visibility and attention to the concerns of our allies:
It is a year in which we refrain from gathering in solidarity with the most vulnerable among us. It is a year in which we refrain from filling spaces, halls, and streets with our bodies, our voices, and our concerns, in which the coming together and shoulder-to-shoulder of bodies in public space must be absent.
But how can we shape the public space if we can't occupy it, and be present together?
The Kollektiv Vo Da, the Migrant Solidarity Network, the Milchjugend, the Transgender Network Switzerland, Queeramnesty and the artist Paloma Ayala use the surface and outside of Gessnerallee - well visible in the middle of Kreis 1 - to give visibility to their concerns during this time. Together we work to establish presence in absence, to make signs in silence - to leave traces.
Traces for our allies to rejoice in, and traces for all those we have not yet reached, to show that the concerns are big, huge and cannot be brought down - even if you can't see the bodies.
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