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Cruising – Intergenerational Bridges and Labyrinthine Journeys.

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art by Slava Mogutin

Throughout gay and queer history, cruising has served as both refuge and rebellion, a site where marginalized identities find expression through their bodies, recognition, and belonging.
Despite its precarious visibility, cruising has carried through generations, shaped by shifting social, political, and technological landscapes. Our exhibition
Cruising positions this practice not merely as a sexual or social encounter but as a rich cultural and political tradition. Through painting, photography, video, text, sound, performance, and immersive environments, the exhibition charts how cruising has navigated public space, adapted through digital realms, and resisted dominant narratives.

Our exhibition explores CRUISING as a refuge and a form of rebellion for marginalized identities, offering spaces for expression and belonging.


Instinct#19 showcases diverse queer artists, amplifying their voices and the legacy of erotic queer art through painting, photography, video, sound, and immersive environments. Explore how cruising navigates public spaces and digital realms, resisting dominant narratives.

Intergenerational Bridges and Labyrinthine Journeys
At its heart, Cruising Through Time reflects on how connection, desire, and community are transmitted and transformed across generations. This show pays homage to practices often obscured or erased, reclaiming them as sites of learning, pleasure, and power.

instinct #19

Opening
Thursday, August 21th
18:00 -22:00

__ Artists

Adrian+Shane

melanie bonajo

Sergio Bonilla

Alex Booth

Benjamin Busch

Coy Chap

Teo Clavero

Philip Cooper

Jean-Ulrick Désert
Martin Dieudonné
M. Dübelt & J. Marx

Carlos Enfedaque

Jens Franke
Mustafa Fouad
Ollie Gandul

Jimmy Gustafsson
Mike D’hondt

Victor Luque

Lazare Lazarus

Marc Martin
Souleyman Messalti

Slava Mogutin
Reeza Monfared
oat montien
Gregorio Ortega Coto 
Orest
Andreas Pasqualini

Gio Black Peter
Kristijan Radakovic
Juan Salvador
Lukas Städler

Shade
Léolo Victor-Pujebet
Daniele Walker 

Brad Welch

jona wolf

__ Short Film Loop

Antonio da Silva

Brian Fairbairn & Karl Eccleston

Pascale Espinosa

Yann Gonzalez

Slava Mogutin

Susanne Oberbeck

__ thank you to the

Schwules Museum Berlin

__ Curation Team

Eric LeRouge
with the collaboration of

Sebastián Arcos

Pierre Emö

Opening

Thursday 21 August - 18:00 -22:00

 

__ opening performances by

Life Drawing by Martin Dieudonné - 19:00

BODYHACKING by Trangels Productions (Blumenatrix & Luxifera) - 20:30

 

__ curatorial tour Saturday 23/08 - 17:00

by Eric LeRouge, Sebastián Arcos, and Pierre Emö

 

 

__ Folsom weekend program

 

__ open Fr / Sat / Sun 14:00 - 18:00

__ screening Friday 29/08 - 19:00

Kosta Karakashyan

Henry Baker

Maša Zia Lenárdič & Anja Wutej

Adam Baran Gerard X Reyes & Poppy Sanchez

Yann Gonzalez

__ loop

Yann Gonzalez

Antonio da Silva

Alex Booth

Brian Fairbairn & Karl Eccleston

Pascale Espinosa

Susanne Oberbeck & Slava Mogutin

 

__ naked reading Saturday 30/08 - 17:00

Alexander Cheves

Nils Phillips Dommert

Felipe Petik

 

__ curatorial tour Sunday 31/08 - 15:00

Eric LeRouge

Sebastián Arcos

Pierre Emö


°° all events are free of charge​

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instinct at we.are.village

Kurfürstenstraße 31/32
10785 Berl
in

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