Simon(e) van Saarloos: ‘Against Ageism’ [Lecture & workshop]

Join Simon(e) van Saarloos, author of Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto, for this special performance lecture, followed by a queer life drawing workshop with Caro Orcaro at the MIddelheim Museum, Antwerp.

14:00: Performance lecture at Braem Pavilion (free admission)
14:30: drawing workshop at Braem Pavilion (ticketed)

More info and tickets here.

Sunday 24 August 
14:00-18:00 

Middelheim Museum
Middelheimlaan 61 
2020 Antwerpen 
Belgium

About Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto

Against Ageism begins by stating what it is not: a socioeconomic argument against ageism that celebrates ‘elders’ as economically viable. Instead, Simon(e) van Saarloos presents a radical critique of conventional arguments against ageism, rejecting constructions of ‘age’ and ‘youth’ and assumptions about their inherent qualities.

The manifesto is based on personal experiences and offers an overview of how ageism overlaps with structures of white supremacy and patriarchy. Through the lens of crip and queer theory, as well as anti-normative and anti-colonial perspectives on time, this compelling text calls for the abolition of age-related laws, reframing commonly accepted ideas about age from Simon(e)’s challenging perspective.

Can’t make the event? Order Against Ageism here.