Performance and performative discussion, 2018, Brunnengasse (Vienna, Austria)

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”

Toni Morrison, In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

I believe that true activism is an art form in itself, because change is something that needs to be created. Colonialism, capitalism, patriarchy and heteronormativity are forming our society, our lives and our bodies. Our only (and powerful) instruments to undo them are art and activism.

Four pillars connected with ropes simulate the wrestling ring where fighting for a society without homophobia and racism takes place. The Fearless Freedom Fighters (consisting of Christian Reverend Jide Macaulay, Islamic scholar Ishmael Omumbwa Ondunyi, and Henrie Dennis, founder of the host organisation Afro Rainbow Austria) face the Cunning Conservatives (in the person of actor Patrick Bongola) – carefully watched by referee Djamila C.A. Grandits.