Shuddhashar FreeVoice’s webinar explores the meanings of queer, queer theory, and intersectionality; the joys, challenges, and responsibilities of curating queerness and building community; and navigating recognition and socio-political pressures in Sweden and the U.S. South.
Panelists: Siddharth Chadha is a filmmaker and media scholar currently living in East Germany. His book, Curating Precarity: Swedish Queer Film Festivals as Micro-Activism (2021), was published by Uppsala University. He was also the recipient of the SYLFF post-doctoral fellowship. His first fiction short, It’s Not Working, has been selected at several short film festivals worldwide. He has been commissioned by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation to produce a documentary on the lives of South Asian food delivery workers in Berlin. Siddharth Chadha’s Shuddhashar FreeVoice article is Curation as Activism: A Case Study of Swedish Queer Film Festivals. https://shuddhashar.com/curation-as-a…
Kylie Fisher is an Assistant Professor of Art History and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Furman University in Greenville, SC. She earned her Ph.D. in art history through the Joint Doctoral Program at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Kylie has published and presented her research on early modern European prints and drawings, as well as AAPI+ stories and experiences in South Carolina, both in the U.S. and abroad. Most recently, Kylie and her student, Alex Aradas, co-curated the multi-artist exhibition Found Family: Queerness and Community in the South at Furman University’s Thompson Art Gallery. Kylie Fisher’s article in Issue 42 is Curation as Storytelling and Advocacy. https://shuddhashar.com/curation-as-s…
Alexandra Aradas is a Furman University student majoring in Studio Art and Politics & International Affairs. They are active in campus organizations, including the Riley Institute Advance Team and Roers Art Club. In 2024, they were the Queer Arts of Greenville Research Fellow, working with Professor Kylie Fisher to co-curate Found Family at Furman’s Thompson Art Gallery. They also co-founded the Queer Arts Database with the Queer Arts Initiative. An alum of the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Aradas was the first Rock Hill Youth Poet Laureate (2021) and has opened for Poetry Slam Champion Rachel McKibbens. Their writing has appeared in anthologies and journals, earning awards from Scholastic and other organizations.
Moderated by Lisa Knight.
