Young Birds from Strange Mountains – Queer Arts from Southeast Asia and its Diaspora

Young Birds from Strange Mountains – Queer Arts from Southeast Asia and its Diaspora
29. November 2024 – 4. August 2025
at Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany

The exhibition Young Birds from Strange Mountains features exciting, extraordinary works by queer artists from Southeast Asia and its Diaspora, particularly those with backgrounds from Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Cambodia. With different collaborative and community-based approaches, the curators and artists show attempt to rebuild and re-investigate ancestral knowledge as well as engage with multiple archives such as directly from Schwules Museum, A Queer Museum Hanoi and Queer Indonesia Archive, enriching them with contemporary artistic practices.

Exhibition Curators: Sarnt Utamachote, Hải Nam Nguyễn, Ferdiansyah Thajib

Archive curators: Thảo Hồ, Ragil Huda

With Artworks by Kelvin Atmadibrata, Hoo Fan Chon, Suriya Sam-Khuth, Việt Lê, Indra Liusuari, Oat Montien, Nu, Natthapong Samakkaew, Andara “Shasti” Shastika, Eda Phanlert Sriprom, Tamarra, Thảo Miên Trần.