Sam Hultin

In the performance "Are You There Kai?" I’m trying to have a conversation with Kai Gullmar (Sundsvall, 1905 - 1982) – one of Sweden’s most popular musicians in the 1930s and 40s. Kai was assigned female at birth but always presented in what was considered to be male clothing and also took on different masculine stage names. The name that stuck was Kai Gullmar which they also used in their private life.

In the performance I try to talk to Kai (whose edited voice is comes from their last radio interview in 1981) We talk about music, identity and how they navigated in a time and society that had other understandings of gender than we have today. Through misunderstandings and talking past each other the performances explores and encourages other ways of listening to and understanding history, gender and identity.

Om:
Sam Hultin (f. 1982) är en konstnär baserad i Stockholm, Sverige. Hen arbetar utifrån sitt intresse för queer historia, identitet och gemenskap och utforskar kopplingar mellan personliga erfarenheter och politiska och sociala strukturer. Genom stadsvandringar, allsång och jubileer bjuder Sam ofta in queera gemenskaper att tillsammans aktivera delar av en queer historia. Sams verk finns representerade i samlingarna på Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Statens konstråd, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Gotlands konstmuseum och Malmö konstmuseum.

Utställningsplats: Sundsvalls museum