NIKITA : Stage as a shelter by Vika Biran | Aug 24, 2022 Home Unit Articles NIKITA : Stage as a shelter Georgia NIKITA : Stage as a shelter Nikita, with extraordinary style and a complex personality, is currently the only openly queer artist in Georgia. 24 August 2022 Tekla Tevdorashvili This short documentary explores a new wave of queerness in Georgia and how music can be used as a way of liberating marginalized people. To be a queer artist in Georgia is still problematic due to entrenched homophobia in the country. Nikita, with extraordinary style and a complex personality, is currently the only openly queer artist in Georgia. The interview that explores Nikita’s world and unpacks the concept of music as a safe space, was shot in an abandoned building, which can be considered a symbol for queer spaces in Georgia, as it’s always most of the LGBTQ+ community lives in the shadows. The juxtaposition of the abandoned space, where the music video and interview take place, and the stage surrounded by a liberated audience, depicts what it means to be a queer artist in Georgia. “NIKITA: Stage as a shelter” follows the creative process of creating a track about a safe space, which was specifically created for this documentary. Articles Queer topics This article was originally published here Share Nothing beats good old emailFor our monthly newsletter, we pick the most important news and analysis, and add selected content and art from queer creators. Language * English Send me Unit newsletters. You can unsubscribe anytime via the link in the footer of our emails. We handle your data according to our Privacy Policy Read more on the topic ASLBy Kamila RustambekovaA photo story featuring five queer persons from UzbekistanThe Great Mothers. LGBTIQ+ and feminist characters in Kazakh fairy talesBy Zhanar SekerbayevaZhanar Sekerbayeva shows that the perceptions of gender roles in the Kazakh society represented in fairy tales and legends are not at all straightforward.Kharkiv. War. LGBT+By Anna SharyhinaCo-organizer of KharkivPride Anna Sharyhina introduces four queer persons who stayed in Kharkiv after Russia attacked UkraineNothing Found
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