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Welcome to the celebration of my dream nail salon, a performative gathering for
racialized queer and trans folks to come rest and find joy in the presence of
one another. Blessed with a special guest performance by the iconic @yrstrlyae.

The performance centres on the subjectivities and gathering of queer bodies in
spaces, opening up to other bodies, as a way of resistance and claiming back
public spaces.

Date & Time: 18:30 - 19:15
Place: The Finnish Museum of Photography, 0th floor
Cable Factory, Kaapeliaukio 3, staircase G, Helsinki
(See accessibility here)

༺ Free entrance ༻

To participate,
Do you identify as part of the QTBIPOC* communities?

YES


NO



*QTBIPOC - an acronym for Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, is
used to encompass folks in the LGBTQ+ community who exist at the intersection of
racism, ethnocentrism, xenophobia, queerphobia, and transphobia. Some people
might not resonate with the term as we recognize the distinct and socially
situated experience of each other while many of us occupy the space in between
categorizations. 

For the lack of a commonly understood word or phrase that speaks to the vast and
diverse group of people, I have adopted the term QTBIPOC here to establish
solidarity and bridge connections with other racilized queer and trans
folks, showing the plurality and subjectivity of our experience by having each
of us speak for ourselves, and not to reduce ourselves in order to be
recognized.

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ABOUT THE PROJECT

As a reply to the lack of spaces for racialized queer and trans people,
ManiQueer, meaning “queer hands”, conceptualizes a resistance of radical
softness through queer pleasures, gender and sexuality exploration in shiny nail
polishes, claiming of public spaces for communal sanctuary. By appropriating the
inherently gendered nail salon practice, a home-making notion that is specific
to the Vietnamese diaspora, I speculate on a trajectory where I follow my aunt’s
footstep to make a home for myself and imagine a nail salon as a communal space
that opens door for the people who I care for.

EXHIBITION 

31.1.-31.3.2024
The Finnish Museum of Photography
Festival of Political Photography

03.5.-02.6.2024
Titanik Gallery



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