Where: The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Price: Included with annual pass or day ticket
OPENING: Habibi - The revolutions of love
23 February 2024, kl. 19:00 - 00:00
From Paris to Stockholm with Pride and Love. Welcome to the opening of the exhibition Habibi - the Revolutions of Love! A magical evening to celebrate queer love.
From Paris to Stockholm with Pride and Love. Welcome to the opening of the exhibition Habibi - the Revolutions of Love! A magical evening to celebrate queer love.
In Habibi – the Revolutions of Love artists from the Arab world, Iran and Afghanistan explore individual liberation: the freedom of bodies, the freedom to exist differently and the freedom to love how you want. The artists challenge gender norms and explore relationships with their own bodies and the public space. They reassess collective memory in the borderland between history, LGBTQIA and feminism. And in that way explore new ways of thinking and acting to create a different society.
On February 23rd, we celebrate the opening of the exhibition! Put on your best rainbow outfit, your finest pride pins, your best dancing shoes and come celebrate the uniqueness of the queer community with us!
The evening's hosts are Al Jizz Queera, an Iranian-Iraqi-Bengali drag trio, who promise to offer humorous sketches, Bollywood numbers and a Guldbagge-worthy reality dating show! استعدوا للأخبار!
There will also be music with Rasuul from club BLOW and voguing with Malmö-based dancer 3asal!
Our Bagdad café is open all evening to satisfy your needs for food, drink and treats. Welcome to an opening night with music, dance, performances and much more!
Ban on bags at bigger events
PLEASE NOTE! For your safety can backpacks and larger bags (larger than an A4 paper) not be brought into the museum and must be left in the lockers. Leave your bag at home or at work. If you have no place to leave your bag you can rent a big locker at the central station.
We will also have personell on site asking to look inside smaller bags that visitors are bringing with them. You have the right to decline, but will then not be permitted to enter the museum. Read more about the ban on bags at the Swedish police's website (in swedish)
NOTE! All talk and speeches will be held in english.
MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION HABIBI - THE REVOLUTIONS OF LOVE
More events related to Habibi
Saturday 24th
(13:00) Queer Art on Display
(14:00) Artists Talk: Meet Habibi Artists
(15:00) Egypt’s Queers in Focus
CONTRIBUTORS
Al Jizz Queera
Al Jizz Queera is an Iranian-Iraqi-Bengali drag trio of the father Baba Jaan and the sisters Ortolana Fontana and Jafar The Superstar. The chaotic family delivers performances that parody oriental discourses, suburban cultures and diasporic experiences through sharp and subversive comedy.
3asal
Ranya Asadi aka 3asal is a performer and multidisciplinary artist that focuses on camp expression and infuses theatrical elements in her high concept performances. She's an active part of Malmö's culture and nightlife, producing her own projects such as Gahba Garage.
Rasuul
The Swedish-Lebanese DJ and club organiser Rasuul (George Chamoun) has initiated several club and art projects focusing on queer and progressive culture in Stockholm in the last decade, in addition to working as a booker and freelance curator. He is the co-founder of drag festival STOCKWIG.
More events related to Habibi
Saturday 24th
(13:00) Queer Art on Display
(14:00) Artists Talk: Meet Habibi Artists
(15:00) Egypt’s Queers in Focus
Published on 25 Jan 2024
Updated on 25 Jan 2024