29.11. – 12.12.2025

Exhibition & Performances

at Habibi Kiosk of Muenchner Kammerspiele Maximilianstraße 26 in Munich

/Deutsche Version

How can queer resilience be upheld and strengthened in times of discrimination, political shift to the right, and growing uncertainty?

Taking as its starting point the life and work of Dutch artist and resistance fighter Willem Arondeus (1894–1943), this artistic-research project explores what queer resistance meant then—and what it can mean today. Arondeus, openly homosexual and a courageous member of the Dutch resistance against the Nazi regime, serves as a historical figure of reference for a contemporary reflection on queer identity, threat, and solidarity.

The project by queer photographer Francesco Giordano combines biographical investigation with artistic research and socio-political analysis. In an era of increasing uncertainty and anti-queer rhetoric, it seeks to highlight the strategies queer people develop today to strengthen resilience, and how empowerment, visibility, and resistance can be rooted within collective experience. The exhibited works aim to expand queer memory culture, create spaces for dialogue, and open new perspectives.

In addition, on December 6, another edition of the workshop Queer Futures will take place, inviting participants to collaboratively imagine visions and strategies for a more solidaric present and possible futures.

Parts of the projects have been created in collaboration with the artists Stella Deborah Traub, Nadja Ißler, Jay Miniano, Tobias Strobel, Johannes Geitl, Sophie Haydee Colindres Zühlke and Viola Glink.

"Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards."

— From the legacy of Willem Arondeus, 1943