#viärhär
#viärhär is a community-based multimedia project made in collaboration with Blå Stället, Göteborg Konst, Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg & Co, and the Office of City Planing of Gothenburg city. The project placed newly arrived and foreign-born LGBTQI+ persons in center. It is a project that values collaboration from beginning to end, and strives to build an expanding platform for marginalized and otherwise unheard voices to tell their stories in public space. #viärhär started as my MFA thesis project, and continued for two years after, with the exhibition at Blå Stället as conclusion.
The project is based on a collaboration between photography and participants’ personal artistic expressions. From poetry to film, from digital processes to photography, a blend of personalities, skils, cultures and talents are driving this project.
From the belief that the city will benefit from increased diversity and inclusion, to Gothenburg we want to exhibit the wealth in experience and creativity that is a large part of this often invisible and forgotten community. It is a way to say:
we are here.
The project was formed in six stages: 1. Workshop and website development 2. Making of portraits for posters 3. Exhibition 4. Data gathering and analysis 5. Panel Discussion scheduled to take place during WestPride 2021 6. Installation in VANS stores in both Gothenburg and Stockholm 7. Exhibition at Blå Stället Konsthall.
In this project, I had the great honor to work with the most brilliant group of artists and creatives: Mavi Alhaj Husain, Alqumit Alhamad, Raissa Morrison, Sheyda Servani, Ese Ejodame, and Davi Magalhães.
