Full Description
Launched in 2009 as the first festival of its kind in Germany, Queer Festival Heidelberg has evolved into a notable fixture in the queer scene (and well beyond). As a platform for queer culture celebrating sexual and gender diversity, its mix of concerts, art shows, performances, readings, film screenings, and panel discussions attracts more than 10,000 visitors from across Germany and Europe every year. Since 2021, Germany's largest and oldest queer festival has enjoyed the support of the city of Heidelberg in the context of its membership in the Rainbow Cities Network.
A comprehensive book on the annual photo competition that is held alongside the festival will be published this year to mark the event's 15th anniversary. It includes an extensive range of pictures and brief portraits representing a selection of the best entries of recent years. Thanks to the competition's changing focus and international appeal, the book offers a culturally and thematically unusual spectrum of photographic positions and perspectives that transcend established norms, codes, and visual imageries.
Contents
5 PREFACE
DOMINIC HAUSER, MARTIN J.V. MÜLLER
9 IT IS DEEPLY HUMAN
MARIUS EMMERICH
13 QUEERLY HUMAN
CORINNA ASSMANN
ARTISTS & PROJECTS Texts by CHRISTINA BAUERNFEIND
17 DON'T LOOK AT PINK
IRINA DMITROVSKAYA
35 MOUNTAIN OF A
MARGARET (WEIYI) LIANG
43 TRANSPARENT CURTAINS
ODED WAGENSTEIN
51 OAXACA
NELSON MORALES
67 QUEER IMMIGRANTS
ASAFE GHALIB
83 HIDDEN GLANCES
MICHAEL YOUNG
101 GUSHING OUT MY CONFESSION
NARAPHAT SAKARTHORNSAP
115 THE GIRL YOU LOST TO COCAINE
MAXIME MULLER
129 THE QUEENS OF BABI
NGADI SMART
143 THE SHOW GOES ON
SHIRIN BHANDARI
