Exhibition - Utrecht Queer Culture Festival - Kargadoor
Utrecht is a colorful city with many projects for and by the rainbow (LGBTIQA+) community, their friends and supporters. Throughout the year, various projects organize different activities. In recent years, June in particular has been the month in which this has gained extra visibility. We are convinced that there is more space and need in Utrecht for a festival that, in addition to celebrating diversity, also acts on and stimulates freedom and variation in sexuality, gender, sexual orientation, body and relationship forms. And also shows Utrecht’s queer culture, in all its diversity!
That is why we are organising the Utrecht Queer Culture Festival from 2023. An annual event in the week around Coming Out Day on October 11. Within our festival there is room for a great diversity of program components.




Exhibition - Superflirt Festival
A selection of my work will be shown during superflirtfestival — my very first time exhibiting at a music festival! Superflirt is a 100% queer-owned event by meijt, and I’m so excited to bring my art into this vibrant celebration. Two huge 5 meter billboards will be filled with my work for you all to see!

Exhibition - Queer Arts Festival - Verkadefabriek Den Bosch

June 19, 20 & 21 we celebrate the third edition of the Queer Arts Festival!
The Queer Arts Festival is a festival for and by the queer community and is there for everyone who wants to express, feel and celebrate themselves in their own way. During this weekend all colors are celebrated and clothes are torn!
For three days queer artists will be at the festival in a diverse program with film, performances, music, exhibitions, panel discussions, workshops and a free program. Expect drag kings, queens & royalty during the QLUB NIGHT, theater performances about breaking down boxes, films with strong queer roles in the leading role, colorful exhibitions, burlesque performances, a polyphonic queer choir, whaacking dancers and lots of glitter and disco balls.
For three festival days we celebrate queer cultures with the full diversity on the stages and in the cinema where we share queer stories and celebrate our beautiful differences. Especially for queers, allies and everyone who is curious! During the festival, the queer community is not a guest, but the host. We put together the versatile and colorful program. Kirsten van Teijn (cabaret artist) curates the programs in the halls, Malou van Doormaal (Academy for Image Formation) sets up the extensive free community program and Luuk van de Ven (All Inclusive) contributes to the film programming.
After the exuberant success of the past years, we are now looking forward to the joint then festive third edition! Welcome!





Exhibition - If you know, you know - Atelier Studio Rik Versteeg

In queer gemeenschappen wordt niet alles hardop uitgesproken. We hebben geleerd te spreken in symbolen, lichaamstaal, kledingkeuzes en speelse blikken — niet alleen om elkaar te vinden, maar ook om onszelf te beschermen. Deze codes zijn overlevingstactieken, maar ook middelen voor verbinding, verleiding en spel.
Een subtiele knik. Een gedeelde referentie. Een veelzeggende blik.
Deze tentoonstelling duikt in die onuitgesproken taal. Wat stil lijkt, draagt spanning. Wat speels oogt, kent een geschiedenis. Elk beeld is gelaagd — geladen met betekenis voor wie weet hoe te kijken.
If you know, you know.
Verlangen is nooit neutraal. Het wordt gevormd door wie we zijn, wat we hebben meegemaakt, en waar we naar verlangen. In deze werken zijn kink en fetisj niet alleen erotisch — maar ook emotioneel, symbolisch, soms zelfs spiritueel.
Macht wordt vloeibaar. Rollen vervagen. Grenzen worden uitnodigingen..
De keuze voor analoge fotografie was geen puur esthetische — maar een politieke. Het trage, fysieke proces van fotograferen, ontwikkelen en afdrukken vroeg om zorg, vertrouwen en aanwezigheid. Geen snelle oplossingen. Geen deleteknop. Het werk omarmt textuur, imperfectie en intimiteit.
Alleen chemie.
Het werk vraagt niet om toestemming of uitleg, het spreekt in codes en blikken.
If you know, you know.
Models: David, Verdigris, Lorenzo, Eren, Tijn, Hassan, Celeste, Tracy, Special K, Venus Nightingale
Fotografie Assistenten: Mathijs de Kaper, Eren Mihael
Special Thanks: Maurice Brandts, Elvira Omerovic, AC Lans
This project has been subsidised by CBK Rotterdam




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