In connection with our photo exhibition, we'll dive into a journey of dyke* communities in different parts of the world. We'll go to Brasil and Martinique to explore how culture influences queer community building. How do we define community in different contexts? What can we consider universal pillars of community work and which aspects require local adaptations? Through the lense of our panelists we'll also question who is archiving and documenting our communities and stories.
Roma Joana (she/her) is a Brazilian trans visual artist and photographer who builds her language at the intersection of photography, design, and stage direction. Her artistic production is marked by intense and immersive images that explore identity, desire, and memory, always seeking to blur the lines between reality and imagination. Roma has also been documenting the queer community for years through analog photography, with her work featured on some of the most relevant media platforms in Brazil and around the world. With over a decade of experience in the creative industry, she founded and leads FATAL Ⓡ (
@fatal_fatal_fatal ), a visual studio dedicated to narratives that celebrate excellence in craft and experimentation, led primarily by trans/queer people.
Stérelle (she/they) is a professional cook based in Martinique. With our exhibited photographer, Adeline Rapon, they created Kozé, one of the first dyke* collective in the area. They created 8 events in June 2024, with talks, speed-datings and parties, as well as outdoor gatherings. After noticing the success, they launched Le Bar Lesbien, a night per month only for LBTQ+ people, still running today!
Belén (she/her) is a Berlin-based independent cultural manager, producer, curator, and less-than-part-time-artist from Argentina. In 2022, she founded ardea, a platform focused on promoting independent female and queer artists, mainly—though not exclusively—from Latin America and the SWANA region. Belén is particularly interested in artistic practices and artists that engage with and radically question the political and social contexts in which they exist.