Wrapped in ­the Shadow of ­Freedom

Curated by Shaunak Mahbubani
Organized by Sekhmet Institute

Agha Shahid Ali / Anna Ehrenstein / Arlinda Morina - Liki / Arbër Selmani / Astrit Ismaili / Bashar Murad / Clifford Prince King / Kristiyan Chalakov / Ledia Dushi / Marko Gutić Mižimakov / Nanda Agic / Paola Revenioti / Pédra Costa / Piro Rexhepi / Rah Naqvi / Robert Gabris / Silvi Naçi with Dëshira Maja / The Queer Muslim Project / Uresa Ahmeti / Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi (crazinisT artisT)

'Wrapped in the Shadow of Freedom' explores queerness and its contemporary complexities in, and from, the location of Kosovo. Thinking through the specific context of the newly independent state, the curatorial process holds questions of freedom as its nucleus—the freedom to look and love as we desire, but also the freedom to exist in multiplicity avoiding the confines of unilinear identities, and to be political agents enacting visions of radical intersectional futures. Through the works of 20 artists across media, the exhibition asks how we can meet each other outside the aspirations of white cis gay ideals, manifesting a world that foregrounds the most precarious amongst us. In seeing queerness as practice, we might be able to hold contradictions andcfind alignments for joy, for dignity, for an orientation towards freedom(s).

https://www.sekhmet-ks.com/wrapped-in-the-shadow-of-freedom