{"id":16214,"date":"2020-07-03T16:51:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/?p=16214"},"modified":"2020-12-21T23:15:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T22:15:52","slug":"julia-machindano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/en\/julia-machindano\/","title":{"rendered":"18 July: J\u00falia Machindano \/ Jupiter Child"},"content":{"rendered":"
TIME: 18 July 12.00-24.00h
\nSTART: Bl\u00e5g\u00e5rdsgade, Copenhagen N
\nCATEGORY: Multidisciplinary artist
\nLive-stream every hour on the hour on\u00a0www.facebook.com\/walkingcopenhagen<\/a><\/h6>\n
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\"Julia<\/a><\/p>\n

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THE BLACK QUEER BODY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Being an African black person in a foreign country is a wonderful thing. You get to experience a new culture and new people, all\u00a0coming from different walks of life. But what do we know about each other? And are we open to learn without being dismissive of experiences that we don\u2019t relate to?<\/p>\n

Living in Denmark as\u00a0a migrant, an Afro-Danish, a PAD (person of African descent) a bipoc (black, indigenous and person of colour), gay and lesbian, I get to experience queerness in its totality \u2013 firstly related to my black identity, secondly to my sexuality. That makes my existence queer by default. Understanding queerness from being the “other”, the stranger, foreigner, migrant, outsider.<\/p>\n

I use my artistic practice and platform to educate, inform and represent these informal bodies, especially during these times of \u2018all lives matter\u2019 including black lives. By using my body as a queer vehicle transporting and expressing stories related to me and other “black queer bodies”, I intend to make it a visible representation.<\/p>\n

Denmark is still awkward and rather un-engaged when it comes to the knowledge of its colonial past. That makes it difficult to explain what racism or classism is to some, while simultaneously facing ignorant micro aggressions of racism and discrimination.<\/p>\n

Is this a Danish problem or a white problem? And how do I, as a black queer person, enable and perpetuate this behaviour consciously or unconsciously? I am not a victim, and white people cannot save me, even if they wished to. Change has to come\u00a0from the black queer bodies themselves.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to walk in search of spotting\u00a0unfamiliar queer locations in Copenhagen. I want to occupy these locations as well as make reflections from a black queer body. I will be experimenting with different acts through installation, poetry, performance and reflections on this topic of black queer bodies.\u00a0It is important to amplify radical change in order to move towards finding our commonalities.<\/p>\n

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DOCUMENTATION JULY 18<\/strong><\/h2>\n