"𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴; 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳’𝘴 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦. 𝘈 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴..."
—Edmund White on visiting New York’s Flamingo club in the late 1970s
Communities are born through joyful transformation, when people discover new possibilities together while resisting, inventing, or activating something that is already in play. Yet, the hopefulness that comes with the word "community" has also been weaponized as an engine of normative power and capital.
𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 35𝘏𝘻, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭.
To build community means to feel represented because you can influence others and in turn be influenced by them. But to create community also means we must be open to intimacy and risk being wounded. Just as intimacy and closeness can be enabling, they can also be sources of coercion, manipulation, and exploitation. Within every community lies both unity and vulnerability.
𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘌𝘤𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤.
The feeling of belonging to a community can be exhilarating. But when reduced to an imperative to have always “good relationships” with everyone and everything, community becomes simplistic and reactionary. Love and friendship can be contorted to erase power relations and systemic violence, enforcing obedience to oppressive norms of politeness or devotion.
𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.
How do we create these communities? How do we relate to them? Who is this “we”? How do we affect each other? Is it through those knowing smiles and the electric glances that pass around when a certain drop happens in a track, or a particular sound or riff comes in, that creates synergy with the vibe everybody’s on?
𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
A community is open — not to everyone, of course, but to the initiates sworn to a bond of love. A community is a horizontal pattern of complicity, alliance and affinities. Through shared experiences we make changes by building a common history together. Let’s reinvent how we love each other and remember that community is love, solidarity is love, collaboration is love — collective love, where we look out for each other.
GEGEN Community is an ode to the power found among our partners in crime and love.
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