April Residency Queer Commons
with Niall Plumb
Open Doors Saturday 29 April / Sunday 30 April
@world.queer / @liqvidsilver
Queer Commons
Some Body Else is an artistic, ethnographic
research project by Queer Commons which explores nudity through
audio, (self-) reflection and dialogue.
We are born naked and vulnerable into a body
that we cannot choose. We go to work, we
brush our teeth, sleep, eat, medicate, come
home, we tire, we get hurt and we heal, we
love and are loved, we touch and are touched...
Our bodies become extensions of our minds,
they become metaphors for our emotions, they
convey our thoughts and feelings consciously
and unconsciously... And despite being the literal
embodiment of us, we often neglect them,
command them against their will, or totally forget
about them and the duty of care that we have
towards them.
The body is an archive of our experiences and if
we start sharing the volumes contained within, we
may get just a little closer to caring for, learning
about, and remembering our bodies as extensions
of us.
Some Body Else is an exhibition of a series of
naked conversations featuring a diverse range of
bodies and identities. Nudity is used to remind
us of how we are born and to strip us of the
differences that separate us. These bodies share
what it is like to inhabit them, their histories and
lived experiences.
Queer Commons are Alex Auris, Niall Plumb & Noémie
Korthals Altes