A “Tunisian Queer Residency” is an artistic program, which has “Queer” identity as its main theme. It initially targets artists from Tunisia and the MENA region and generates new creations and multidisciplinary connections, enabling a dozen applicants to collaborate in pairs to produce 6 performances/visual installations and exhibitions.
The residency is supervised by playwright and theatre director Essia Jaïbi, and produced by the “Mawjoudin – We Exist” Initiative. It was held in two parts: the first, at “Village Ken” in November 2023. The residency provided participants with a challenging but fruitful immersion. In the second part, These same projects are given new meaning in an ambulatory TQR, in which issues relating to community visibility, HIV status and legislation are addressed through visual installations, photography, music, audio recordings, dance and stand-up.
“The challenge for me, as an artistic director, is to adapt to such a diverse project. Adapting to so many different practices, worlds, styles and visions. It was very enriching. Taking a back seat was a learning process, a discovery, and above all it was a new challenge.”
