KIDZ

KIDZ began the way the best things do: out of necessity. Co-founded in 2016, it grew from a simple frustration: the Buenos Aires cultural scene had almost nothing made specifically for young queer people. What existed was built for adults, which made it inaccessible at best and unsafe at worst.

So we built our own space.

It became a collective, an NGO, a party, an exhibition, a protest, a float at Buenos Aires Pride every year since. We collaborated with galleries and cultural institutions, including the Recoleta Cultural Center, Nora Fisch Gallery and the Mariano Moreno National Library, and organized events that merged celebration with disruption, always with a clear theoretical and historical foundation: respect for those who came before, and a sharp eye on what we needed next.

My role was less a title and more a posture: co-founder, queer theory anchor, live visuals operator, exhibition builder, tech support, values keeper. The person making sure the work meant what it was supposed to mean.

One moment captures what KIDZ really was: When a series of works depicting nude queer bodies and queer poverty was banned from exhibition in galleries and public spaces, we found a legal gray zone: artwork in transit isn't artwork on display. We rented a truck, hung the banned pieces on it, parked it outside Nora Fisch Gallery, which so happened to be serving drinks inside, showing other work, and afterwards drove through the city. Past parks, past galleries, down open streets. Everyone saw it. No one could stop it.

We aim to create a collective in touch with social and aesthetic awareness. We want to de-naturalize dualistic constructs by appropriating the contents of the mass culture that holds us subject, baring it of its nature and transforming it. Our ludicrous attitude towards life is our biggest weapon.