Agil Abdullayev, Killa Schütze

Soft opening: 04.06.2025, 7–10 pm
Reading session & Aperitivo: 14.06.2025, 6 pm
Hard closing with Dyke Truck: Daisy Bar: June 18, starting at 6 pm

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Braubachstraße 37
60311 Frankfurt

In spaces that elude a clear vision — in the flickering light of the dance floor or in the protective shadows of parks at night, in darkrooms and toilet cubicles – we enter zones that defy settled structures. As uncertain as they are unforced, these places repeatedly open up the potential to negotiate other ways of togetherness, moving away from normative forms of violence.

With Unsettled Territories, artists Agil Abdullayev and Killa Schütze venture into these blurred, indistinct realms, interrogating the movement and language of bodies in a world that often denies them safety. While Killa Schütze challenges the forces that restrict these movements, Agil Abdullayev creates infrastructures in which pleasure, longing and memory are inscribed. In Unsettled Territories, rejection and strict door policies become caring, protective gestures, as do intimacy and desire. With tightened elbows as sharp edges that protect and bent, tired knees that are protected, the artists give a glimpse into alternative queer futures making concrete utopias tangible and perceptible for a moment.

Curated by Franka Marlene Schlupp, Alina Homann