Queer as German Folk | Exhibition
Berlin

18 July to 31 December 2020
Daily: 2 to 6 pm
Thursday: 2 to 8 pm
Saturday: 2 to 7 pm

Schwules Museum Berlin
Lützowstraße 73
10785 Berlin
Germany

Love at first fight

Having had its world premiere in North America under the title Queer as German Folk, the exhibition finally arrived at the Schwules Museum in Berlin under the title Love at First Fight!. For the occasion, the first and largest gallery at the museum was completely reorganized: a dark and labyrinthine obstacle course of halls and walls was transformed into a bright and open room with no guidance on how to navigate the space.

Foto (Detail): Paul Sleev © Schwules Museum Berlin
Ein Schlaglicht queerer Bewegungsgeschichte: die Sex Wars
Foto (Detail): Paul Sleev © Schwules Museum Berlin
Hier verwandeln sich Besucher*innen automatisch in Aktivist*innen
Foto (Detail): Paul Sleev © Schwules Museum Berlin
Information in Form eines Protestschilds
Foto (Detail): Paul Sleev © Schwules Museum Berlin
Wie ein Spinnennetz aus Protestklebeband
Foto (Detail): Paul Sleev © Schwules Museum Berlin
Auch Abtreibungs-Aktivismus gehört zu queerer Bewegungsgeschichte
Foto (Detail): Paul Sleev © Schwules Museum Berlin
Bewegungsmode
Foto (Detail): Paul Sleev © Schwules Museum Berlin
Lesen, hinschauen, zuhören
Foto (Detail): Paul Sleev © Schwules Museum Berlin
Darf nicht fehlen: Das Plakat von Rosa von Praunheims Film „Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt“
Foto (Detail): Paul Sleev © Schwules Museum Berlin
Alle Ausstellungstexte stehen auch auf Englisch zur Verfügung
Foto (Detail): Paul Sleev © Schwules Museum Berlin
Eröffnungs-Chillen im Garten des Schwulen Museums

Visitors can dive into the exhibition from all four sides and decide which timeline to follow: they might take the classical approach of starting with the “Before Stonewall” section; then move diagonally to contribute their own “Snap Moment”; or perhaps begin by sitting on one of the white or pink stools in the multimedia island to watch and absorb testimonials from various activists.

The exhibition texts in Berlin were kept in German, but there are folders with English texts available at the entrance – simply remove, use and ideally return when done.

More exhibition information on the website of the Schwules Museum Berlin

Portrait of Birgit Bosold (Schwulen Museum Berlin)

Vita
Birgit Bosold

The Goethe-Institut’s exhibition Queer as German Folk is an opportunity to present queer movement history all over the world. Birgit Bosold from the Schwules Museum Berlin developed the concept of the exhibition and curated its realization together with Carina Klugbauer.

Portrait of Carina Klugbauer (Schwules Museum Berlin)

Vita
Carina Klugbauer

The exhibition Queer as German Folk emerged from the teamwork of the two curators and was adapted and implemented by local advisors at each location. Carina Klugbauer from the Schwules Museum Berlin developed the concept of the exhibition and curated its realization together with Birgit Bosold.

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.