Sweden
Queer Aging Futures
Sam Hultin, age 43
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This film is a collection of creative writings of fourteen lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people from Sweden. The writings range from poems to letters and to-do-lists. The research project “Imagining queer aging futures” started off with creative workshops. All participants were invited to bring two objects to the workshop, one object that symbolized something they wanted to bring into the future and another object symbolizing something they wanted to leave behind. Some of the objects can be seen in the film. During the workshops in Sweden the objects were used as prompts for creative writing exercises led by artist Sam Hultin.
The creative writings seen in the film are:
· A Leap of Faith /Ellie (b. 1956)
· Dear Diary / Gösta (b. 1943)
· To my older self / Charlie (b. 1956)
· No title/ Fredrik (b. 1944)
· No title/ Gunnel (b. 1946)
· No title/ Daniel (b. 1972)
· Queer aging futures: a cloud birth 2024/ Johanna (b.1973)
· No title/ Lisa (b. 1955)
· Life has not always been a piece of cake for me. But a piece of cake has always been my cup of tea - or rather, coffee. /Eric b.1969)
· To My Husband While Traveling /Michael (b.1961)
· To-do list for a queer aging future/ Ida (b. 1966)
· My Now…my future me / Nina (b.1962)
· No title/Änglarna (b. 1954)
· Dear screw clamp/ Auntie Birgitta (b.1960)
The film is made by artist Sam Hultin.
About the project in Sweden
Artist Sam Hultin led writing excercises which resulted in creative writings and artworks by participants. The exhibition features paintings, installations and sculptures as well as a film by Hultin which brings together the creative writings of several project participants.
