Queer as German Folk
Exhibition
New York City

13 November to 1 December, 2019
St. Ann’s Warehouse
45 Water Street
Booklyn, NY 11201

11 June to 3 August 2019
Goethe-Institut New York
30 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003
USA

Playful, committed, and colorful like the queer movement itself: beginning at the end of May 2019, eight branches of the Goethe-Institut in North America and Schwules Museum Berlin present the exhibition Queer as German Folk. From more than 100 digitized exhibits from the Schwules Museum, the exhibition can be created “on demand” at any desired location and enriched with local components. Documents and archive materials become objects that form structured or anarchic installations and invite the public to interact. The exhibition’s fanzine will be published in four languages: German, English, French, and Spanish.

Local Advisor in New York City
Jordan Reeves

Jordan Reeves is the founder of Video Out, a digital library that seeks to collect and reinforce queer voices around the world.

Queer as German Folk
Exhibition Impressions from New York City

Designed as a “trail of liberation,” the New York iteration of the exhibition Queer as German Folk explores the multifaceted history of queer resistance in East and West Germany before and after reunification, and contemplates a diverse and respectful future.

The Curators Birgit Bosold und Carina Klugbauer from the Schwules Museum Berlin

Photo: Schwules Museum Berlin

Exhibition Team

The exhibition was curated by Birgit Bosold and Carina Klugbauer of the Schwules Museum Berlin. The exhibition design was developed by the Berlin agency chezweitz, who had previously designed the Homosexualität_en exhibition, a collaborative project of the German Historical Museum and the Schwules Museum Berlin.