Oyoun, the antidisciplinary arts centre in Berlin-Neukölln, conceives, develops and implements artistic-cultural projects through decolonial, queer-feminist and migrant perspectives. Louna Sbou, Oyoun’s director, will share insights on queer experiences and the body as a reflection of political expression and empowerment, drawing from her experiences as a queer migrant in Europe.
Louna Sbou will introduce her previous projects with Oyoun sourced in a practice of personal needs and artistic research around embodied temporalities and the tracing of memories our bodies hold. This lecture aims to showcase anti-disciplinary productions and interventions illuminating the urgency of safe(r) spaces for marginalized groups in the diaspora and their futures. Despite precarious conditions and the repression of democratic values, it is the transformative movement of community-building and the arts that foster resilience while shaping the trajectory towards collective healing and intersectional justice.
★Speaker Introduction
Louna Sbou is director of Oyoun, the antidisciplinary arts centre in Berlin-Neukölln centering queer-feminist, decolonial and class-critical perspectives. Her lived experience as a queer Muslim and first generation immigrant led to an unconventional journey exploring contemporary curatorship and non-Western approaches to collective making.
Louna curated numerous exhibitions, performances and festivals incl. Un:Imaginable (2022/23) in Rwanda and Bosnia with Hope Azeda, Moudjahidate* (2022) with Nadja Makhlouf, Maya Inés Touam and Sarah El Hamed, and Backbone (2021) with Mazen Khaddaj. She was director of be’kech in Germany (2016-20), independent curator in Japan (2016-19) and program director at Station in Lebanon (2013-15).
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