Was ist eigentlich ein queerer Raum? Ein Bildessay

Abstract

In the engagement with queer forms of living the question often arises as to how “queer” spaces can be described. The subsequent visual essay offers one possibility for examining queer spaces through image associations. The series of images reflect the difficulties in defining and identifying queer space. The suggested answers to the question are as different as the interpreters who formulate them and the political and theoretical positions from which they speak. I would like to highlight this essay for further reflection and discussion. It contains attempts at encircling queer spaces, reflections on initial results that I have in part already disregarded, and many open questions. Images provide the possibility to maintain a space for associations and new approaches. At the same time the essay’s selection of images is constricted (and subjective) and guides the gaze in a particular direction. Thus this is an artistic and personal but only marginally academic attempt to approach this topic.