This video documents a clandestine queer ceremony that took place in Almaty. In a city lacking safe spaces for gender non-conforming people, a rooftop served as a dynamic community centre. The ceremonial event, designed by Katipa Apai, Mandy Romero and krёlex zentre, was implemented as a pseudo-traditional ritual made by those who felt excluded from any kind of traditional culture. It coincided with the Perseids meteor shower (the so called “pearlshower”) — a cosmic event which symbolized carnal fertilizing bonds between Earth and Heaven — and was subtitled as Cosmic Wedding of Everyone and Everyone Else.
This video documents a clandestine queer ceremony that took place in Almaty. In a city lacking safe spaces for gender non-conforming people, a rooftop served as a dynamic community centre. The ceremonial event, designed by Katipa Apai, Mandy Romero and krёlex zentre, was implemented as a pseudo-traditional ritual made by those who felt excluded from any kind of traditional culture. It coincided with the Perseids meteor shower (the so called “pearlshower”) — a cosmic event which symbolized carnal fertilizing bonds between Earth and Heaven — and was subtitled as Cosmic Wedding of Everyone and Everyone Else.
