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A Wretch Like Me – curated by Aviva Silverman
In August our capital will launch Copenhagen 2021. Copenhagen 2021 is the most significant LGBTI+ event in 2021 combining WorldPride, EuroGames, an eclectic arts and culture program, and an historic LGBTI+ human rights forum. Kunsthal Charlottenborg contribution to the event is a film and audio-program that focuses on norms, visibility and diversity. The program, A Wretch Like Me, is curated by American visual artist and activist Aviva Silverman.
“The ties that bind us are fragile and often imaginary. Any words available to us are woefully inadequate, produced as they are by centuries of hidden selves and forthright violence. Each individual creature revolts in some way against its taxonomy. Even so we name ourselves — in order to find each other, imperfectly.
As the spectres of corporate Pride and pinkwashing continue to misconstrue the intentions of our revolutionary ancestors, it is all the more crucial to trouble the contemporary forms of “visibility” upon which a greater violence is ultimately enacted. To that end, the films selected here weave through notions of self, community, transparency and opacity — all through a queer lens.” Written by Aviva Silverman and Matty Kodat.
The film program A Wretch Like Me is timelessly important, but especially relevant in Copenhagen this summer, due to the city is hosting Copenhagen 2021. During the summer, several exhibitions have placed extra focus on LBGTI+’s current and historical situation – eg Psychopatia Sexualis on Overgaden and Fairy Tales on Nikolaj Kunsthal – each with its own specific angles and focus areas.
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Cinema Programme 6th of July – 8th of August
A Wretch Like Me – curated by Aviva Silverman
Cheryl Dunye: Vanilla Sex, 1992. Video, 3:00 Min.
Marlene Dietrich: Get away young men, 1952. Audio, 2:20 min.
Yva Las Vegass, Oral History Interview with Aviva Silverman, 2020, 15:00 min.
Matt Wolf: Bayard & Me, 2016. HD film, 16 min.
Matty Kodat, Oral History Interview with Aviva Silverman, 2019. 15 min.
Cheryl Dunye: Greetings from Africa, 1995. Short film, 8:00 min.
Hazel Katz in collaboration with Mx. Je’Jae Cleopatra Daniels: Bubby and Them, 2017. Short film, 20:00 min.
Sophie: It’s Ok to cry, 2017. Audio, 4:00 min.