it’s giving

  • December 1, 2024 / 17:00
  • December 11, 2024 / 17:30

Director: Nixie
Belgium, 2024, 8', color
English, Dutch with Turkish subtitles

Through home videos, archival footage and textile landscapes, it’s giving explores various forms of family across time. The artist's domestic life is paired with archival video of queer and trans chosen families mirroring small acts of joy, resistance, and sustenance. What does it mean for an HIV+ person, who carries the history and present of the AIDS-crisis in their DNA, to foster new life?

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