This is what a bibollera looks like
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- This is what a bibollera looks like See all items with this value
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- A lover came to visit me in Madrid and we stayed in the house of a mutual acquaintance. We shared a long, dreamy sapphic weekend, she was travelling Europe and I wasn't sure if I would see her again. I wanted to capture the view from the bed that was lent to us on my little analogue point-and-shoot. It was a moment when I felt very connected to the generosity and power of the dyke community. The neckerchief on the wall reads 'LESBIANISM OR BARABARISM'. Though there are no people in the photo, I feel the identities of all three of us combine and shine through the different features of the image, the necker, the picture of the Alhambra, our clothes strewn in a mishmash over a 'men at work' sign. The sleeve of the shirt and the shape of the banana plant even look a little like Ls. The word I chose for the title is 'bibollera', a term used in Spain to refer to the intersection of the bi and lesbian community, and to me, being bibollera means exactly this, sharing space and occupying it in all our queer glory. See all items with this value
- A slightly grainy black and white analogue photo of the corner of a bedroom. In the bottom right, the corner of a 'men at work' roadsign is visible beneath a pile of clothes strewn haphazardly over it. Taped to the wall is a picture of the Alhambra palace in Granada, and beneath this, a neckerchief embroidered with the Spanish words 'Lesbianismo o barbarie', lesbianism or barbarism. In the bottom left is a banana plant. See all items with this value
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- Maddy
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This item was submitted on February 24, 2025 by [anonymous user] using the form “Curve Photo Contest Submission” on the site “Curve Archive”: https://curvemag.omeka.net/s/curve-archive
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