Desire Lines

Desire Lines (or elephant paths) are the informal roads that arise when people ignore existing directions to forge their own path. Based on Sara Ahmeds Queer Phenomenology (2006), this playful short film program explores how landscape architecture can be a manifestation of power inequalities and how queering public space can lead to freedom. Morgenkreis (2025, Basma al-Sharif) and Parish (2025, Eóin Heaney) guide us in the rituals of mourning amidst a changing environment. Met Verdigris (2025, Chloe Brenan), Limits and Demonstrations (2025, Olivia Normile) let us see the infrastructural violence of, among other things, Parisian urban planning, while Collectif Faire-Parts Speech for a Melting Statue (2023) intervenes in the colonial remnants within Brussels. In doing so, the city becomes a political arena that adapts to the hand of its inhabitants. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Chloe Brenan, Olivia Normile and Collectief Faire-Part. In collaboration with arts organization aemi.