Resonance in resistance
12 min. 40 sec, Full HD, 5.1., 3-channel-video installation , 2026
In the 3-channel experimental music video installation, two drag* performers and a classical opera singer „en travesti“ perform in an old abandoned theater hall. They each present a song from the genres of experimental soul and Arabic electro, as well as a classical opera aria written for crossgender casting, addressing queer love, identity and its societal restrictions.
In doing so, they also lip-sync the songs and the aria of the other two performers, thereby approaching each other‘s genres on a musical and performative level. In this way, they offer an alternative interpretation to each other‘s performance.
Through the inherently political and cultural narratives embedded in the musical genres, not only do different musical
genres intersect, but also their cultural narratives. This creates a dialogue between complex interweavings of cultural, political and gender identities.
credits
Cast: Queer Falafel, Idunnu Münch, Mandhla Ndubiwa
Script, Directing, Editing/Buch, Regie, Montage: Binha Haase
Director of Photography /Bildgestaltung: Ginan Seidl Gaffer/ Lichtgestaltung: Sver Immel Theatre lightening/ Theaterlicht: Stefan Streck
Originaltonmeister/Recording Mixer: Jonathan Richter
Score/Filmmusik: Queer Falafel feat. Blast „RDM RDM“, W.A. Mozart „Non so piu cosa son cosa faccio“, Mandhla Ndubiwa „Soaked in Sin“
Costume design (Idunnu Münch)/Kostümbild: Nari Haase, Hair and make up (Queer Falafel)/Maskenbild: Antina Christ
Camera/ Kamera: Tim Nowitzki, Camera assistant/ Kameraassistenz: Merlind Papke, Unit manager/Set-Aufnahmeleitung: Pata Popov
Set photography/Setfotos: Jana Luck
Sound master/Tonmeister Mozart: Lukas Kowalski (Emil Studios)
String quartett/Streichquartett: Meike-Lu Schneider (Vn 1), Rebecca Beyer (Vn 2), Alexina Hawkins (Va), Stefano Cucuzzella (Vc)
Sound mixing/Tonmischung: Jochen Jezussek, Farbkorrektur & Mastering/Colour Grading & Mastering: Desiree Pfenninger
Produziert im Rahmen der/Produced in the framework of: Graduiertenförderung Sachsenanhalt
