QUEERDISTAN x TRANSITION
We are proud to present the exhibition QUEERDISTAN, which is part of the November issue of the transition
international queer & minorities film festival. And therefore a wonderful prelude to the upcoming festival!
https://www.transitionqueerfilmfestival.at/
Queerdistan
is a photo and story project by Kurdish artist Ciwan Veysel and project manager Yavuz Kurtulmus, both living in Vienna, that
focuses on the systematic racist, homophobic, transphobic and discriminatory experiences of Kurdish LGBTQIA+ individuals and
queer minorities who were born in Austria or migrated to Austria and tries to make these struggles visible.
The
exhibition targets Kurdish LGBTQIA+ individuals and enables them to address issues such as attitudes towards immigrants, integration
issues, and visibility of their identity through the artistic practices of photography and storytelling. Kurdish LGBTQIA+
individuals living in Austria were severely affected by the pandemic. Queerdistan shows what it means for them to live as
Kurdish LGBTQIA+ persons in Austrian society, how they develop methods to cope with these problems and talk about how they
want to shape their own future in Austria.
Queerdistan represents on one hand the connection of the artist Ciwan
Veysel, who lives in Austria, with his own identity and on the other hand wants to focus on the queer Kurdish community.