Holding My Drink in the Corner is an exhibition critically engaging with notions of navigation, belonging, and inclusion within queer experience. Drawing on the framework of the Cretan Labyrinth, the exhibition approaches the difference between those who have access to knowledge and rules and those who do not; it exposes how even spaces presumed to be inclusive can produce exclusionary codes.

As the space transforms into a labyrinth of corners, the 'corner' emerges as both a refuge and a space of invisibility. The exhibition invites viewers not only to confront experiences of exclusion, but also to reflect on how these experiences are reproduced. It also opens up a space to reconsider the individual's position within these structures through the fluid interplay between passivity and forms of agency. Following its initial presentation in Istanbul in 2024, supported by the Goethe-Institut, Holding My Drink in the Corner returns as a continuation of It/Ortada, now reinstalled in Berlin, at the heart of a city that is itself a labyrinth.

At the intersection of migration, exclusion, and transformation, Holding My Drink in the Corner, accompanied by an extensive public program, positions itself as a space for collective reflection.

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Accompanying Programme (Further events and activities will be added)

Thursday, August 6, 2026, 6:30 pm
„Spaces of Migration – Spaces of Artists: Homing as an Artistic and Social Practice"
Online Presentation with Persefoni Myrtsou
Language: English