Brechje Krah

Things and what we make of them is a performance film by Brechje Krah (NL, 1993). The work is a metaphorical anthology of queerness – it portrayed as a liquid matter, defined by movement.

What remains of fluidity when we attempt to acknowledge it? Does defining a liquid matter cause it to solidify? Does the ‘in between’ need borders for it to exist as such, like water needs a carrier to hold shape? As placeholders for fluidity within sexuality and gender, the work references semiotics, alchemy symbols, and draws from lived experience. In showing a constant flux of material and movement, the project becomes queer itself; it is defined and redefined as it flows.