About this podcast
We encounter love everywhere - in romantic relationships, friendships, between parents and children. It is universal and yet individually shaped by time, society and culture. It is probably as old as humanity itself. And artists have also been dealing with it since time immemorial. The second season of the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung podcast Love, Maybe is dedicated to love in contemporary art. The exhibition shows photographs, multimedia installations and glass sculptures that understand love as an active act: as responsibility, care and a political gesture. Inspired by Audre Lorde's critique of the romantic myth and bell hooks' vision of love as a political act, Love, Maybe opens up new perspectives: love not just as a feeling, but as a utopia. Each episode of the podcast accompanies a chapter of the exhibition and gives a voice to artists who have created works especially for the exhibition. It is about intimacy, care, desire and the view of love beyond patriarchal norms. The four episodes can be listened to as an accompaniment to the exhibition or independently of it.

In each episode, artists from the exhibition and experts who deal with love, intimacy and desire in contemporary art have their say.

Episode 4: Desire, Maybe
Queering Desire
with Matthieu Croizier and Emilia Roig

In a world that has long been characterized by heteronormative ideas, the concept of queer desire opens up a space for alternative perspectives: it questions established ideas of gender, partnership and family. It challenges, makes people vulnerable and opens up new spaces beyond social norms. Desire can not only be an individual desire, but also a political moment. It is precisely this desire that the artist Matthieu Croizier addresses in his works. In this episode, we talk to him about different representations of desire and about social norms that dictate how people should live and love.

The podcast can also be heard wherever podcasts are available.