Tag: transhistory
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פרו ורבו/ Be Fruit(y)ful and Multiply
My queer artistic response to “פרו ורבו” , the mitzvah to be fruitful and multiply. Reinterpreted in a very a Fruity perspective. I started working on this comic thanks to Orlando Meir-Brix for the incredible three part class on Family, Reproduction, and Belonging through Hillel this winter. I was inspired by the discussions I had…
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Beys Feygelekh – בית פייגעלעך
Beys Feygelekh – בית פייגעלעך* *Naming Note- In the time between submitting the tittle and finishing the artwork, there has been a realization that this piece should instead be called Beys Feygelekh. Feygele’s Plural. It is the Home of many fairies, not just one 🙂 It is written correctly on the sculpture, but not in…
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Charlotte Charlaque Portrait
Charlotte Charlaque’s life and story deserves attention and celebration! A line in the 1933 Ahlstedt article saying that Toni Ebel had a nude painting of Charlotte in the Nollendorfstrasse apartment has my imagination racing…..could this be the nude be on the back of another painting? Underneath? Or undiscovered still? Painting style inspiration are My Nana…
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Passing the Paintbrush: Art Show on Dec 3 in Berlin
You are invited to the Passing the Paintbrush Gallery show at Spinnboden Lesbian Archive on December 3 from 16-19. The exhibition will feature beautiful art by participants from the art and history workshops on Gertrude Sandmann, Lotte Laserstein, and Toni Ebel this fall. In each three-hour workshop, we explored the biographies of these incredible women and how their stories…
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Letters To Berlin Paintings
These five 20cm paintings were created for a series displayed for a month as a part of the Cultures of Remembrance exhibit organized by the Educat collective. Each of the paintings are connected to an accompanying letter written to Hella Knabe, the designer and hairdresser who helped make the world a better place for many…
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Imagine yourself as a Mushroom Hirschfeld Insitute Audio Documentary
This project was finally published ! Here is a summary of the documentary During its 14 year existence, the institute for sexual science (1919-1933) provided gender-affirming care, counseling, surgeries, and community support. Led by Magnus Hirschfeld, queer, trans*, jewish people who found shelter here have danced, talked, feasted, and celebrated Shabbat in each other’s loving…
Mycelium Memory 