{"id":50266,"date":"2017-04-24T12:18:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T10:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=50266"},"modified":"2017-04-24T12:18:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T10:18:08","slug":"transnational-queer-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/transnational-queer-underground\/","title":{"rendered":"The Platform Showcasing Queer Art From All Over The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50591 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/thegalleryproject-Glow-Makatsi-IG-lglowmamiii-Portrait-shot-by-Nonzuzo-Gxekwa.jpg\" alt=\"Glow Makatsi - Portrait shot by Nonzuzo GxekwaTransnational Queer Underground\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2241\" \/> Glow Makatsi &#8211; Portrait shot by Nonzuzo Gxekwa<\/p>\n<p>In times when LGBTQ people are still being persecuted and even murdered as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39665711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported in Chechnya<\/a>, forming a strong alliance and a platform for self-expression and is\u00a0as important as ever. The art world seems to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/2017\/03\/15\/art-activism-a-return-to-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">finally woken up from its political slumber<\/a> and yet queer people of colour are still severely underrepresented in the international art discourse. And while queer artists from\u00a0numerous countries are\u00a0creating works that are aimed at evoking a\u00a0sense of unity, pride and resistance on a daily basis, their voices often remain unheard.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/transnational-queer-underground.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transnational Queer Underground<\/a>\u00a0is a platform that was founded to tackle precisely this. Frustrated by how\u00a0hard it was to find out about the amazing works that artists located outside the Western hemisphere were creating, Verena\u00a0Spilker created a\u00a0website on which artists from all fields could present their works and get in touch with one another. TQU has grown constantly ever since, serving as an\u00a0archive of queer works ranging from short stories to street art. Everyone is invited to become a part of it by sending in five to twelve artworks\u00a0and indicating whether they would like to become involved in the page&#8217;s online shop and whether they are interested in future artistic cooperation. In addition to the individual artists,\u00a0a number of queer blogs, support organisations, music projects and venues from all around the world are featured on the site, putting a spotlight on interesting\u00a0projects that might otherwise go unnoticed in the English-speaking media.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;I was inspired by Bruce LaBruce and GB Jones, two punk kids that\u00a0didn\u2019t feel at home in either the punk or gay scenes and therefore just decided to create their own thing,&#8221; &#8211; Verena\u00a0Spilker<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50590 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/thegalleryproject-Deborah-Schmidt-deborahschmidt.de-Ohne-Titel.jpg\" alt=\"Transnational Queer Underground - Ohne Titel\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2028\" \/> Deborah Schmidt &#8211; Ohne Titel<\/p>\n<p>Verena explains\u00a0that TQU was born out of their research on the\u00a0International Pop Underground Convention, a festival that was held in 1991 in Olympia, Washington.\u00a0Besides\u00a0discovering a number of Riot Grrrl bands, whose protests against male domination and capitalism deeply\u00a0resonated with her, she\u00a0also found out more about the Queercore movement, which inspired her\u00a0to be more proactive in her\u00a0approach to culture. &#8220;I was inspired by Bruce LaBruce and GB Jones, two punk kids that\u00a0didn\u2019t feel at home in either the punk or gay scenes and therefore just decided to create their own thing,&#8221; says Verena. &#8220;Since then I&#8217;ve become actively involved in making zines, djing, organizing and creating the things that I think are missing&#8221;.<br \/>\nOne of those things were exhibitions featuring\u00a0international queer art, so Verena decided to turn <a href=\"http:\/\/transnational-queer-underground.net\/thegalleryproject-exhibition-n1-tallinn-estonia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TheGalleryProject<\/a>, the website&#8217;s virtual gallery section, into a physical exhibition. After successfully\u00a0launching its first edition in\u00a0Tallinn, Estonia, last month, she\u00a0is planning to showcase it in nine other European countries\u00a0this year. &#8220;I\u2019ve never met most of the artists in real life, still we\u2019ve managed to set up a quite impressive collection of artworks, either original or in print, as it\u2019s almost impossible to send physical artworks from some countries&#8221;, she\u00a0reveals. &#8220;It is all purely based on trust and a common belief that we want more diverse voices to be heard&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/thegalleryproject-Ihar-Paulau-ipaulau.com-Flower-Scars.png\" alt=\"Ihar Paulau - Flower Scars Transnational Queer Underground\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1124\" \/> Ihar Paulau &#8211; Flower Scars<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/thegalleryproject-Kamee-Abrahamian-IG-@29cents-Grains.jpg\" alt=\"Kamee Abrahamian - Grains Transnational Queer Underground\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2102\" \/> Kamee Abrahamian &#8211; 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