Sapphic Entanglements (Kunstraum)
21. Jan - 04. Feb
Exhibition with Ruxin Liu, ana zeno de courcy, Sasha Levkovich und Clara Mannott
Queer studies scholar Kadji Amin calls for “fuck[ing] with the universalizing presumptions of the taxonomical method from within by generating idiosyncratic interpretations and translations that explode the epistemological and ontological foundations of taxonomy itself.” (Amin 2023) Sapphic entanglements answers this call by facilitating and creating community discussions that detangle and retangle sapphic dimensions of intimacy, connection, longing, dreaming and being. While sapphic as a term derived from Sappho, an ancient Greek poet exploring lesbian desire and love, it has evolved into an umbrella term for a spectrum of sexualities and genders. The works displayed in this exhibition explore sapphism as embodied knowledge, friendship, community, shame, desire, failing, falling, envy, self and something always in motion evading meaning.
This exhibition is curated and organized by Sophie McCuen-Koytek and Linn Felgendreher as part of the Kunstraum.p2p format. Both are students in the master's program “Critical Studies” at Leuphana University. More information about the exhibition and the artists can be found on the Kunstraum website.