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The binary system is a rigid construct that dictates the boundaries of existence. It’s a capitalistic framework that simplifies the complexities of life into dualistic choices, each one a stark contrast to its opposite. But within these limits, the full range of human experience is being lost. Gender identity is finally undergoing a revolution. People are challenging this system, transcending the binary mythology that seeks to define, dictate, and restrict them. This is a world where gender is not a fixed point but a fluid spectrum that forms into a myriad of identities and desires. They're the colors in the grayscale, the nuances in the spectrum, perplexing the structures that try to simplify and sterilize everyday experiences.

The body becomes a site of resistance and transformation. We embrace the in-between through gender-affirming care, performative practice, and new concepts of loving each other. Ultimately, it’s about how we can see and accept each other’s choices; by celebrating the fluid and the multiple, we disrupt the power of objectification and control. We reclaim our identities and become both subject, and object, and in-between in a dance of self-creation.
Embrace the noise, reject the purity and simplicity!
Hack your body, be together differently, destabilize the system, and
be GEGEN.

concept courtesy of Mirko Winkel
photo courtesy of Florian Hetz
graphics & logo by Enrico Bardin