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PERVERSE COLLECTION (PERCOL), Amsterdam

My Evidence: Creating LGBTQI+ Art and Archives

What kinds of artistic and historical sources are circulated as evidence for trans and queer lives, and how should we evaluate the personal and creative dimensions of its presentation? 

SAQMI participates in Roundtable C: The Archives as a Place of Unbelonging
October 4th, 11:15 – 12:45

Who continues to be marginalized in LGBTQI+ archives and what sort of evidence needs to be produced to sustain their cultural heritage?

Moderator: Renaud Chantraine (CY Cergy, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture)

  • Slava Greenberg (University of Amsterdam) Evidence of Madness in the Trans Archive: From Access Fatigue to Access Intimacy
  • Kata Kyrola (University College London) and Anna Linder (The Swedish Archive for Queer Moving Images) Imagine Sápmi – How to build a queer Sámi moving image archive?
  • K.J. Rawson (Northeastern University // Digital Transgender Archive // Homosaurus) [contribution title tbc]
  • Linda Chernis (GALA Queer Archive, Johannesburg)
    The Missing “I” in LGBTQI Archives
  • Tomka Weiß (Trans*cestors, Schwules Museum Berlin) Trans*Cestors
  • Jamie Chih-Yun Yao (University of Amsterdam)
    Reframing Online Resources: Otherness Archive’s Approach

Read about the different topics of the discussions and more details here.
‘My Evidence’ is a free conference, and vegetarian catering will be provided (other dietary options will be available).

Register to the conference here.

Anton Shebetko, Simeiz, 2021-, Installation shot, Stedelijk, Amsterdam. Courtesy of the artist.