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Concerts & Performances | DESIRE. About sex, work and queer desire
September 29, 2023 20:00 AM - 22:15

On September 29, LGBTQIA+ sex workers will be celebrated on the occasion of the release of the radio play series DESIRE and its soundtrack.
With performances by: Aka Kelzz, Alice Danger, Antonio Herrera, Bendix, Breezy, Bunny B Blaq, Caxxianne, Elio Coulibaly, Emilian, Kumi, Lexi Dark, Puck Ellington and sanni est.
Admission to this evening is based on free donations and all proceeds go entirely to sex worker organizations.
DESIRE is the continuation of the exhibition EXISTING AND LONGING (2022) - an intimate portrait of over 30 queer sex workers from 14 different countries who work in different areas of the sex industry in major German cities. Both the radio play series and the soundtrack invite outsiders to immerse themselves in the world of LGBTQIA+ sex workers, hear voices that all too often go unheard, and question their own assumptions about sex work and queerness. DESIRE will be available from September 25th 1live can be heard and available in the ARD media library. The soundtrack will be available on all streaming platforms from September 29th.
Tickets: Free donations. All donations go to sex worker organizations (Black Sex Worker Collective, Trans*Sexworks, Sex Worker Union, Sex Worker Action Group)
Language: English + German
Admission: 20:00 p.m. | Start: 20:30 p.m
Production: Breezy, Natalie Ananda Assman, Tia morning
Biographies
Aka Kelzz
AKA KELZZ is a non-binary queer artist from the UK now based in Berlin providing a nurturing and confronting vibe. Through their choices of words and vocal gentleness you are set to feel something “you may have been hiding from.” When you experience Aka Kelzz, don't make an assumption. Just allow the words and music to flow through.
Alice Danger
Alice Danger is a freak from the depths: career whore, hooker defender, silver tongue, firestarter.
Antonio Herrera
Antonio Herrera is a Mexican pop singer and songwriter currently based in Berlin. Musically building on pop and R&B sounds with strong influences by hip-hop and electronica elements, his debut album Solitude (2022) holds empowerment anthems with sounds and stories emphasizing opportunities for new beginnings.
Bendix
Bendix (he|they) is a white trans*queer*crip sex worker from Hamburg. He's sex positive, a tired activist, lover of bdsm and retro video games, and a life-long student of marginalized thinking. In every little thing they do there's some art and caring to be found.
Breezy
If Audre Lorde was a rapper, Breezy would be the embodiment because the non-binary artist's hip hop takes on topics like racial identity, gender politics, sex positivity, and queerness. Breezy represents the fluidity in the gray area between "man" and "woman" or "Black" and "white."
Bunny B Blaq
A queer, asexual, black femme performer from the Caribbean, Bunny considers herself a humble lover and student of song, dance, and the dark arts of cabaret, such as drag and burlesque.
Caxxianne
Jamaican-born, Cayman Islands-raised, award-winning contemporary hip-hop and neo-soul artist, songwriter, and MC, Caxxianne has been honing her skills on stages across Europe since 2018 and has not stopped since.
Elio Coulibaly
Elio Coulibaly (he/it) is a Berlin based non binary, Afro-Scandinavian, dancer, multidisciplinary artist, community organizer and educator.
Emilian
Emilian has been a sex worker for 13 years, from stripping to escorting to erotic massages and more. They like to express their thoughts and feelings about the job in a fun and empathetic way through zines, books, poems and performances and share their knowledge and experiences in workshops for other sex workers.
Kumi
Kumi is a Hamburg based Black, fat full service sex worker with great pleasure in words and sea. Lives pride in all identity aspects and loves to share these pleasures.
Lexi Dark
Lexi Dark, also known as Frau Dark is a Berlin based Showgirl and Dom*natrx. Her performances are an exploration of high femme fatale and sublime fusion of dark fantasy and alluring performance.
Loud Lemons
LOUD LEMONS is an absurdist prototype of Disco-Dub “à la French”: Intended to add zest and well-being to Pop music. To squeeze acidity all the way...
Puck Ellington
Puck (she|they) is a performer and artist based in Berlin with a focus on feminist, lesbian and post porn and writing. A touch of etherealism wrapped in earthly form.
sanni est
Sanni Est is a singer, performer and transmedia artist based in Berlin who challenges notions of knowledge, reason, normativity, and beauty with her voice and presence. Classically trained in Brazil as a singer and semiotician, Sanni has long since fucked with an education grounded in white, heteropatriarchal, Christian and colonial values.
The realization of the event is made possible by funds from the DKLB Foundation. Funded by Musikfonds e.V. by means of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The DESIRE soundtrack was funded by the Senate Department for Health, Care and Equality as part of the Hydra eV anti-stigma campaign.
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