Call: Re Capitulating. queer in capitalism

CALL FOR ART RESIDENCIES AND INTERMISSIONS

• at Arbeitszimmer thealit: Winter 2024/25,
• October 15, 2024 – March 9, 2025

St. Jürgen Straße 157/159, Bremen

• Deadline: September 1, 2024
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• Re Capitulating
• queer in capitalism
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To recapitulate means to repeat something in a structured way, to organize point by point what may previously have been perceived as less or differently ordered and structured. A recapitulation not only concerns content and turning points of written and oral statements, but also historical and political events, including predicted and planned futures - again, as if what is recapitulated in this way has always been and been in this order. 

• To capitulate means to admit defeat in various forms of war, in general, to submit one's will to that of the opponent in a conflict. Submission also to the interpretation of the conflict on the part of the victorious opponent goes hand in hand with capitulation, and that also means: with the opponent's recapitulation of the conflict. 
• At present, in the face of acts of war and terrorism in conventional and hybrid forms, before or during the outbreak of large-scale military conflicts on a global scale, irreconcilable recapitulations of history have been positioned, also in various narratives in and on capitalism. In and on queer movements and processes. 
• Which statements, procedures and tactics can be identified or invented historically and currently on the part of a 'queer' against the capitalist world order? Which assertions, explanations and practices of capitalist ideology need to be analyzed in relation to queer movements between identity and non-identity? 

Again, and asked differently: How do 'queer' and capitalism intersect or connect? What could that mean: "queering capitalism"? Queering here focuses on performative processes that thwart the gender order and its intersectional entanglements and at the same time develops queer(ing) as a theory and process of resistant knowledge production. It uncovers the normalization effects inherent in capitalism, presents them – recapitulates them. Even where active non-rememberance, forgetting and repression take place. So, how do queer and capitalism recapitulate (each other)? Has there been, is there or will there be capitulation(s)? What is to be traced or outlined here in a new recapitulation? 

Artistic and theoretical projects are invited to the Arbeitszimmer thealit in Bremen: applications for residencies of several weeks, with or without a public presentation of the project work, as well as for short intermissions – presentations, performances, exhibitions and more – between the residencies.

We look forward to receiving submissions with project proposals. These can be raw, spontaneous and unfinished. Please send them together with a concise portfolio and CV to thealit Frauen.Kultur.Labor. by September 1. We also welcome submissions from duos or groups. We will provide most of the technical equipment for the project's presentations and needs. There is a materials allowance (maximum 200 euros) and a symbolic fee for the residencies and intermissions. We also provide support with travel costs if necessary. We also provide support with travel costs if necessary. We are happy to help you find accommodation, but unfortunately cannot provide you with a study. We curators are available for project discussions if required. Thealit also publishes the relevant works, projects and events on the website, in social media, in the newsletter, etc.

Please send to Lola Castro with details of preferred dates and exclusion dates: lola.castro(at)thealit.de

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Claudia Reiche, Andrea Sick