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Mahlet Cuff presents what if we kept it between us? (5min)
Using music from electronic duo Drexciya, what if we kept it between us? uses the concept of gatekeeping as a method for Black Queer music and dance preservation.
Stephanie Kayal & Abed Kobeissy present new work (5min, title tbc)
Jennifer Izere presents For My Daughter (5min)
about
Mahlet Cuff is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, writer, filmmaker, film programmer, DJ, sound artist, community organizer and arts cultural worker based in Winnipeg Manitoba (Treaty 1). Through an ethnographic based practice they are interested in themes of memory and erasure in order to make sense of the Black Queer diasporic communities they are a part of and engage with.
https://www.instagram.com/mahlet.c/
https://www.mahletcuff.com/
Stephanie Kayal is a choreographer and performance artist based between Beirut and Brussels. Her work employs dance, music, and texts to reflect on contemporary human confusion and our longing for meaning and context. Abed Kobeissy is a musician based in Beirut. He uses the Levantine buzuq as his main tool of production. Together Stephanie and Abed have created the performances Galactic Crush (presented at Bâtard Festival) and Galactic Crusg 2: Into The Cold.
https://www.instagram.com/stephanie.kayal/
https://www.instagram.com/abed_kobeissy/
Jennifer Lys Karell Izere is a visual artist who focuses on family memory and collective rituals.
https://www.instagram.com/16h22/
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image © Mahlet Cuff
