This October, in preparation for the current positions on Re Capitulating. queer, the thealit Frauen.Kultur.Labor. is showing various cinematic views of 'queer' avant la lettre in the showcase window of the Arbeitszimmer St.-Jürgen-Str. 157/159 Bremen: In the era of silent films at the beginning of the 20th century, gender orders and audience desires, science and censorship regulations were different than they are today. What 'queer' would mean a century later did not yet exist. Or did it? Perhaps as an implied, que(e)r representation of action and narration?

What will be shown on several evenings after dark, through the windowpane of the study, from the sidewalk, excerpts from international silent films and short films, invites you to recapitulate queer en passant. Because, as we formulated for the upcoming theme: “To recapitulate means to repeat something in a structured way... A recapitulation concerns [...] historical and political events, including predicted and planned futures”.