Newsletter #5: Nonbinary Superpower(s) and more

Dear all, friends, comrades, colleagues, collaborators and art-enthusiasts,

I hope this newsletter finds you well, and that all around you is safe and sound. I’ll do a little bit of a mix this time, to accommodate not only my own artistic practice but other peoples too, to bundle our superpowers:

If the fundraiser was about collective energy at the surface, this next bit is about what hums underneath. Lately, I've been reflecting on those hidden forces—the subtle shifts, untold connections, quiet dissent—that move us in ways we often can't see.

The title undercurrents came to me while reading about the older UnderCurrents magazine in Queer Ecologies. Specifically, the Vol. 6 (1994) “Queer/Nature” issue explored the intersections of queerness and nature, highlighting hidden flows, disruptive forces, and ways of thinking about the environment that resist easy categorization.

That sense of invisible movement is what I’ve tried to channel in my new photo series undercurrents. Alongside ROV Hercules visiting benthic shimmers […], I’m really excited to share this work with you at

Nonbinary Superpower: The World as chosen family

An exhibition and festival that transforms Vierte Welt into a laboratory for new alliances and queer futures. Seven artistic positions present works on speculative biology, queer ecologies, and collective memory – in a fluid exhibition that moves like a living organism. Performances, film nights, workshops, and sound formats invite visitors to engage and take part.

Curated by Minh Duc Pham, Dan Dansen and Justin Time, the festival creates a space beyond binary structures – a chosen family in the heart of Kreuzberg.
“For us, chosen family isn’t a substitute – it’s an expansion, beyond species boundaries,” says Justin Time.

Vierte Welt becomes the host of this collective: not a white cube, but a space with a past, with scars, grit, and intent. Encounter becomes experience – with a quiet space, multilingual formats, alternative modes of access, and room for resonance. Nonbinary Superpower is not an exhibition to be consumed – it’s an invitation to dissolve, to shift, to co-exist. It is a space dreaming forward: transformative, vulnerable, strong.

“’We’ makes total sense here – and ‘I’ and ‘you’ much less.” – Dan Dansen

Exhibition with works by Kim Bode, Dan Dansen, Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Kallia Kefala, Luïza Luz, Lee Stevens, and Justin Time.

Festival program with Avvik, Caio Amado Soares, Qwigo Baldwin, Mart Busche, Dan Dansen, Adrian Gutzelnig, Louzie, Lea Mărie, Luïza Luz, Abdoui Mohamed and Justin Time

While I’m fortunate that my own bbk-berlin studio isn’t currently at risk, many of my friends and colleagues face an uncertain future. The subsidised studio spaces in Berlin are essential for independent artists: they provide reliable, affordable places to work, experiment, and contribute to the city’s vibrant cultural life. Right now, dozens of studios across the city, housing hundreds of artists, are threatened by funding cuts and potential restructuring.

You can help secure these spaces. By signing the petition to protect and expand Berlin’s subsidised studios, you send a clear signal that art, diversity, and free creative production matter. These studios are more than just workspaces—they’re vital anchors for the city’s cultural identity, supporting artistic practice, local engagement, and international exchange. Let’s stand with the artists whose work makes Berlin the vibrant, open, and inspiring city we like.

Sign the petition here: https://innn.it/save-our-studios-berlin

Thank you for taking the time to read, reflect, and, hopefully, participate. Whether by visiting the Gaza Biennale fundraiser, coming to Nonbinary Superpower: The World as Chosen Family, or signing the petition to protect Berlin’s studio spaces, every action adds to the currents—visible and invisible—that sustain networks and creativity.

Let’s continue to support each other, nurture the hidden flows that move us, and celebrate the spaces—both physical and conceptual—where art, queer futures, and collaborative practice can thrive. I look forward to seeing some of you around!

Kim