About Instinct
Instinct is an art project...instinct.berlin is an international art organization dedicated to artists whose practice engages with queer identity. Biannually — at Easter and in September — the organization stages exhibitions, performances, talks, and events at Village Berlin, the city's community center for queer life on Kurfürstenstraße. A residency program extends this work year-round, bringing artists to Berlin and embedding them in the space's creative and queer community. Over time, instinct.berlin has grown into a wider international network of artists, curators, and creatives invested in dialogue and aesthetic experimentation.
My contribution:
Cruising through Time: Intergenerational Bridges and Labyrinthine Journeys
Curator & Coordinator - We Are Villave BerlinSep 2025
An exhibition exploring cruising as cultural archive: a practice of desire, resistance, and belonging carried across generations of queer life. Spanning two floors of We Are Village, the show moved visitors through an intimate collection of oral histories and artifacts upstairs, and a multisensory Labyrinth Experience downstairs — tracing cruising's path from hidden codes and public parks to digital space and imagined futures. Bringing together over 40 artists across painting, photography, video, sound, and immersive installation, the exhibition honored cruising not as a footnote to queer history, but as one of its central, living traditions. The opening night featured two live performances alongside the show.
Fragancia by Munir Arreola
Performers: Minu Elsherif , Jad Mady, Munir Arreola
Video reel por Víctor Almendra
Transmission
Curator & Coordinator — We Are Village Berlin- April, 2025
Curator & Coordinator — We Are Village Berlin- April, 2025
The opening chapter of the Instinct Initiative, an ongoing series bringing together intergenerational LGBTIQ+ artists in dialogue around identity, history, and heritage. Through photography, video, performance, and painting from 9 artists, Transmission traced how knowledge, resilience, and resistance have passed between generations — from grassroots activism to intimate mentorship — transforming silence into empowerment and isolation into solidarity. The exhibition opened with two live performances, setting the tone for a series committed to honoring, questioning, and redefining queer legacy.
