curated by danniel tostes
one gee in fog
Rue de Vermont 12, GenèveWesley Roque
The performance unfolds in three distinct moments; starting with a slow-motion walk cutting through the textile installation that divides the space, a moment of intimate cuddling marked by delicate, slow touches and a reading from a mobile screen reflecting on the experience of living with HIV.
A central inspiration for this work is the book Weight of the Earth: The Tape Journals of David Wojnarowicz. His deeply personal and poetic reflections on illness, isolation, and identity resonate throughout the piece, shaping its emotional landscape and grounding it in queer history and resistance.
Guided by our own hands and questioning the meaning of touch, we looked to hands across different moments in history. From the Negative Hands, those haunting, painted outlines left by early humans on cave walls to the stylized hands gracing the covers of Vogue, and the expressive gestures of the underground queer Voguing movement in 1970s New York.
Something was selected by the Positive Life Festival, in partnership with Groupe Santé Genève.
ph.: Tara Ulmann