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u-r
“U-R” is an audio project that deals with queerness and transitions. We look for the blurred places around and between genders – between text, sound and music. The audio piece is published in several episodes, each with a different focus. It is a collage of music, story and interviews centering_documenting the living realities of trans and genderqueer people in Switzerland.
Languages: English and German.
All episodes are released as mp3 on SoundCloud and Spotify, as well as with an accompanying video for subtitles and translations on YouTube.
Something about yourself
#1Birth
Youtube – Spotify – Soundcloud
Content Warning: Discussions about physical harm to intersex babies.
When does gender begin? „It’s strange but also kind of beautiful, one person making another person – What? Wow! But it’s scary and painful.“ -Alien
#2Childhood
Youtube – Spotify – Soundcloud
Content Warning: Death of a parent.
What genders did you have in your childhood fantasies? „They were just such small fragments that didn’t fit into my life at all at the time.“ -Remo
#3Labels
Youtube – Spotify – Soundcloud
Who are you? What are you? “At some point I met a trans person. And I have never felt so connected to anyone.” -Living Smile Vidya
#4Body
Youtube – Spotify – Soundcloud
Contentwarning: Mentions of bodydiscrimination and dysphoria.
Who does my body belong to? Who is my body? „Sometimes it’s also to give space inside my body to all this bunch of feelings.“ -Buo
#5System1
Youtube – Spotify - Soundcloud
Inhaltswarnung: Mentions of violence, discrimination, sexual abuse, self-hatred, internalized discrimination, being kicked out of home.
How can fit in? Will I survive here? „Sometimes after all this discrimination and sexualisation I just get so tired and numb and then I feel like, I would like to live on a mountain by myself, so it doesn't happen anymore there.“ -Ira
Youtube – Spotify – Soundcloud
Thanks for the support to: SONX funding competition for new things / Burni Aman, Kay WIEOIMMER and FupaMagic for mentoring us during the first episodes / Bee, Alien, Eddie Ramirez, Urs Vanessa Sager (InterAction Switzerland), Buo, Remo and Living Smile Vidya for sharing their experiences in the interviews.
Accessibility
Youtube – Spotify – Soundcloud
This audio piece is spoken in German and English. On YouTube you find a version with subtitles and translations from German to English and vice versa. On this side you find a one-to-one transcription of the audio and an English translation. If you have any feedback or questions, please contact us.
Articles
Stillende Männer und eine überforderte KI
Awards
Jury-Preis der Stiftung für Radio und Kultur Schweiz, SRKS, «Prix fraîcheur»
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