„Nicht die Ersten“ - Lesung & Gespräch mit Tarek Shukrallah

In the organizer's words:

The volume "Not the First", which brings together the struggles of queers of color, of "elders", was one of the important sources that initiated conversations in CARING COMMUNITIES. It is therefore a great pleasure and honour for us to welcome political and social scientist, community organizer and author Tarek Shukrallah to the program.

Free admission

CARING COMMUNITIES

Traces of an art project by Queers of Color
27.6.-5.10.2025

Under the artistic direction of Dr. Alexis Rodríguez Suárez, the CARING COMMUNITIES project has been developing a space of encounter for a group of queer people of color since April 2025. They have set out to find traces of queers of color in Germany and elsewhere. Inspired by José Esteban Muñoz's work, they searched history for moments of queer futurity in which queer longings and utopias are expressed. At the heart of the project is what Gloria Anzaldúa has defined as a magical and transformative act: storytelling. This means telling one's own life in a meaningful way and listening to the stories of others in order to create and maintain a community that connects several generations.

The presentation, which can be seen at STADT_RAUM from 27.6. to 5.10. 2025, brings together moments that are no longer there. With stories and the traces they have left behind, a source of energy and inspiration has been created, a space that promotes empathy, imagination and empowerment for queers of color. Memories of places, texts, songs, images and flavors fill the space with fragments and impressions that linger in the air like scents.

Artistic direction: Dr. Alexis Rodríguez Suárez

Project management STADT_RAUM at the MKK: Claudia Wagner

Project participants: Assiba Akoho, Miguel Castillo, Paola Djomo Choumele, Naomi Hennor, Scherwin Hosseini, Carrie-Ann Lawrence, Rubine Singh, Stiles