Queere Kultur – gestern und heute

In the organizer's words:

As part of the queer talk series Queere Geschichte(n) - gestern und heute at the Düsseldorf Central Library in KAP1, the focus will be on queer culture, which is more than just the artistic work of queer people. Sascha Förster's guests look at the topic from very different perspectives.

Queer cultural forms have long led a shadowy existence as a subculture. Drag queens, who always played an important role in the LGBTIAQ* community's struggle for emancipation, were often ridiculed. Queer artists, who have always helped shape the art and culture scene, were not visible as such.

Today, the Drag Star NRW is chosen once a year on a large stage at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus, queer films are shown every week in the art house cinemas and the Kunstsammlung NRW is showing its first major exhibition on the influence of queer artists on modernist painting at the K20.

But what exactly is "queer culture"? Certainly more than just a form of artistic expression by queer people.

With us are:

• Dr. Isabelle Malz (curator of the K20 exhibition "Queere Moderne") / Sebastian Bartel (research associate K20/Department of Education)
• Lukas Moll (visual artist)
• Lasse Scheiba (Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf/Drag Artist)
• Mari Uhlig (kom!ma Düsseldorf/initiator of the lesbian film series)
• Kulturetten Düsseldorf (cult show Culture Club)