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“Together we will create brave space // Because there is no such thing as a “safe space” // We exist in the real world // We all carry scars and we have all caused wounds. // In this space // We seek to turn down the volume of the outside world // We amplify voices that fight to be heard elsewhere // We call each other to more truth and love // We have the right to start somewhere and continue to grow. // We have the responsibility to examine what we think we know. // We will not be perfect. // This space will not be perfect. // It will not always be what we wish it to be // But it will be our brave space together and we will work on it side by side.” – Micky ScottBey Jones
At Kaalo.101 (EkSeyEk), we make revolutionary ideas accessible through art and support people to turn these ideas into actions. We are an all femme-/queer-run space that creates an entirely independent creative environment that empowers artists to make socially conscious and consciousness-raising work engaging with the physical, social, and cultural context and the communities around us.
“No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us.” Marsha P. Johnson
Queer and feminist politics expand beyond an individual’s identity and the never-as-popular identity politics of the self. While these are relevant political frameworks for everyone because they inform how we all relate to each other in the struggle to build a just society, there is much more to QUEERNESS and the QUEER movement.
Queer liberation is fundamentally tied to the dreams of any liberation: self-determination, dignity, and the end of all systems of oppression. The idea of queer liberation is tied to the liberation of Palestine, Kashmir, Sudan, Congo… the list is long, too long. Queerness does not exist in a vacuum of identity politics.
In this world, no clear line can be drawn where capitalism and colonialism end and patriarchal violence begins.
The fight against patriarchy and sexual oppression is intertwined with the fight against capitalism and imperialism and is based on class consciousness and solidarities.
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If you are interested in residencies, please contact us by sending an email to wearekaalo.101@gmail.com or filling out this form.
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