The opening speech of the vernissage

A warm wool coming, My name is Ange Hehsling, one of the curators of this art exhibition "About Us for Us"

Leo Tesch möchte ich an dieser Stelle aus persönlichen Gründen entschuldigen, that they are not participating in the LFT.

I warmly welcome the visitors of the LFT's 2014 and the artists Ulrike Auga, Krista Direct Stein, Christa Biedermann, Marie Andrée Fallu, Alex Giegold, HOME Hoefer, Ange Hehsling Sabine Küster, Luján Martelli (Sara Mage oder), Kirsten Lundin, Ingrid Rafael , Rita, Dagmar Schnuck, Martina Schradi, Michaela SchwörerHaus , Steffi Wiegand , Petra Winkelmann und Justine Wodtke die mit Ihren Arbeiten und Ihrem Mitwirken zum LFT 2014 „ Zusammen „ diese Kunstausstellung ermöglicht haben.

ABOUT U.S. FOR U.S. this year was our theme.

Our goal / Desire / concern was and still is, imagine the variety and look at life designs with the means of art.

40 +2 Years LFT mean policy / Art and Life Culture, the story of a struggle for acceptance of lesbian lifestyle as one possible form of life in this society. Das bedeutet dass ein Podium geschaffen wurde, where we for us, can share with us and about us and also must, to formulate wishes and demands on society can. We are an equal part of society. And the art has your very specific form of expression. Ich bin glücklich auf diesem Podium der Lesbenkultur wie schon in den vergangenen Jahre mit Leo Künstlerinnen präsentieren zu dürfen, which the themes of abandonment, Violence against women, Search for meaning, the goddess in us, lesbian relationships, Gay and Lesbian, Lives for freedom, Lesben in Africa, naughty lesbians, Reflections, Lesben im Comic, political statements and and express ....

In this context, Leo and I want Dr.: Birgit Bosold vom Vorstand des Schwulen Museum recht herzlich danken für Ihre Unterstützung danken, us not only the bold and provocative work of a leg Krista Stone provides, but also in an evening to Ladies * special yesterday at the Gay Museum opened to us the possibility, Work of Zanele Muholi, Activist , Photographer and one of the most renowned lesbian artists to get to know. She writes, "I had the desire, the goal, the stories of Black lesbians to tell in my country, a space in the visual history of the country to take "

Thanks to all the artists on this LFT 2014, to provide us with your work available. And now we would like to give the floor to the artists further, which your work / Operation will introduce.

To learn about the artists more options, are the info table with material about the artist as well as the personal interview. Each artist will be present in a time window, the overview to this lies on the info table. And now, at first I hand over to ....