Open Conch
Open Conch is a spell for pleasure and queer desire.
Open Conch takes fragments from portraits of lesbians and queer identified women from Bonn in spaces they requested to be recorded in. Choices include houseboat homes, kitchens, dining room tables, bridges, tunnels, graffiti and other public spaces. A main character with pink hair follows the conch to find what is actually natural; such as circles of women dreaming, the slaying of the patriarchy by a red wooden sword and the calling in of queer love through movement, fabric, sound and circle. (Dani & Seilah ReStack)
All participants were filmed during a visit from the ReStacks in November of 2024, when the project was introduced with generous assistance from Theresa Samimizad and Tasja Langenbach.
Much gratitude to the participants Anne, FemaleArtworldwide, Germany, J.P., Katja and Marie.
The work Open Conch was created as part of the project I AM THE FIRST LESBIAN I EVER MET by Dani & Sheilah ReStack and was presented alongside at Flow.
Image: Dani & Sheilah ReStack, Open Conch 2025 © Dani & Sheilah ReStack
About the video
About the artists
*1972 in Columbus, USA, lives and works in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Studied at Bard College, USA, the University of Illinois Chicago, USA, and the Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, USA
*1975 in Caribou River, Nova Scotia, CAN, lives and works in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Studied at the Goldsmiths College, London, GBR, the NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAN, and the Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, CAN
