Film: Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi: Performance as Life.

Screening of the documentary ‘Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi: Performance as Life.’ Va-Bene, also known as The Crazinist Artist, is a performance artist and transgender woman who runs a performance center in Kumasi, Ghana. It is the only openly queer space in Ghana, a country where severe anti-LGBTQI laws have recently been enacted, but Va-Bene refuses to leave.

Additionally, we will be screening a short film by the Egyptian crip/queer artist Weirdo.The evening will be hosted by artist and activist Abu Shhab, who will engage in conversation with Va-Bene and the directors of the film: Giulia Casalini and Niya B.

There will also be an opportunity to visit the exhibition Boujloud Beats in No Limits! Art Castle, which explores otherness in the SWANA region.”