1. 9. 9 October 24, 8 pm
   10. In English
   11. Venue: KW, 4th floor
   12. Price: 5€

Tickets available online / Remaining tickets at the box office

Duration: ca. 90 min

Information on accessibility can be found below.

Insomnia is a screening of moving image works that takes Luiz Roque’s short video Rio de Janeiro (2017) as a point of departure to find traces within an intergenerational lineage of videos dealing with questions of belonging, anti-colonial institutional critique and critical positions on the representation of queer bodies and desires. In Rio de Janeiro, the burning of the Museum of Modern Art in Brazil’s capital in 1978 is reimagined by Roque; performer Carol Diaz lounges listlessly, watching the museum and the canonical artwork within its walls burn in the darkness of the night. Why should she care? At the time, as a Black trans woman, she was neither represented in the collection’s holdings nor were her stories and dreams.

Rio de Janeiro and the other works in the screening, which range from 1975 to 2023 ask questions about how dominant structures of hetero-normativity and colonial power silence and (mis)represent many other voices. All together the videos reflect on and imagine queer positions throughout history, and seek alternatives through nocturnal journeys full of dreams, nightmares and hallucinations.

Running order:

Luiz Roque, Rio de Janeiro, 2017, 5 min

Leticia Parente, Preparação I, 1975, 3:30 min

Rafael França, Insônia (Insomnia), 1989, 8:30 min

Distruktur, Cat Effekt, 2011, 40 min

Michelle Handelman, LOVER HATER CUNTY INTELLECTUAL, 2019, 13 min

Tarek Lakhrissi, Coeur Brillant (Bright Heart), 2023, 14 min

Information on Accessibility

Venue:
The event will take place in the exhibition spaces (4th floor) of KW. An elevator is available for visitors with limited mobility with the assistance of KW staff on site. Please contact us in advance at reservation@kw-berlin.de so that we can facilitate access.

Digital:
The event will not be recorded.

Times:
Entrance starts at 8 pm.
If necessary, we can offer you an earlier entrance from 7.45 pm so that you can familiarize yourself with the surroundings and choose your seat. Please register for this via reservation@kw-berlin.de.
Late entrance is possible.
The event might start with a delay.
The duration of the event is approx. 90 minutes.
The event is held without breaks.

Seating:
Seating (chairs with backrests, stools without backrests, benches without backrests, beanbags, pillows) will be provided.

Sensory stimuli:
The event space is dark/darkened.
The event space is warm.
The event is immersive.
The event takes place in a spacious room.

Event Type:
The event is planned to be sensory friendly. This means that care is taken to reduce strong sensory stimuli in order to create a place that is as comfortable as possible for everyone. Loud noises and intense lighting effects are avoided.

Language:
The event will be mainly held in English.
There is no translation.

Trigger warning:
The event contains representations of: expicitely sexual content.

Aid:
There is free admission for assisting persons.
Assistance dogs can be brought along to the event.

Contact persons:
If you have any further questions regarding accessibility, please send an e-mail to reservation@kw-berlin.de.
If you have any questions on-site or need support, please approach the entrance staff.