Known for the invention of Starbucks, its deep nostalgia for grunge, and a Silicon Valley appeal, Seattle also has a rich Black heritage. As the city becomes increasingly expensive – and historical Black neighborhoods become white – Black artist collectives are using their platforms to address gentrification, historical erasure and ways of existing outside of those structures. Mia Harrison interviewed Ganesha from Cura Club and Saira Barbaric from Playthey and Scumtrust, three collectives that focus on the ways Blackness can be explored outside of the perpetuation of trauma narratives – through actions that heal.

Am 15. November 2015 rief der polnische Maler und Videokünstler Karol Radziszewski das Queer Archives Institute (QAI) ins Leben, eine der »Forschung, Sammlung, Digitalisierung, Präsentation, Ausstellung, Analyse und künstlerischen Interpretation von Queer-Archiven mit besonderem Fokus auf Mittel- und Osteuropa«[1] gewidmete Non-Profit-Organisation. Diese Initiative des öffentlich bekennenden schwulen Künstlers ist ein Versuch, eine Art alternatives Vorfahrenarchiv […]