part of "Sexy Solidarities: Bodily Autonomy, Trauma and Protest" [ pff_vienna 2025 ]
Semperdepot [ Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna ] 08. - 14.04.2025
In this Sculptural - Sound and Video - Installation, through a short film, I reveal an introspective journey of how I felt after a severe homophobic attack. Simultaneously, an audio recording of the attack - which occurred in June 2023 at the train station in Pavia, Italy, and deeply shocked the Italian LGBTQ+ community - plays through the speakers. This aims to allow visitors to share in the pain and impact of every assault on our community. When even one person in our community is attacked, we should all feel targeted - because we are. One day, a trans person is harassed on the street; the next, a queer person is assaulted for simply existing. These acts are not isolated. They are interconnected - part of the same systemic violence against our identities. A threat to you, is a threat to me, and to all of us.
(Sound - Speaker) - Sculpture
Latex-coated hair, ruptured by steel knife.
(Video - Projector) - Sculpture
Installation View
Installation View - Semperdepot - Vienna