Continuum II is both an invitation and a demand. In the video work, six trans sex workers from Bogotá give glimpses into their life stories and realities. The work is an invitation into these stories, which also deal with pain, oppression, persecution and violence.* In Colombia, a country that has been in armed conflict for decades, the collective experience of violence is ubiquitous. However, the rejection and physical and emotional violence that queer and trans* people experience is deeply rooted in a religious society that assumes a binary gender order.
Trans and marginalized, Sabrina Fernandes left her small town in the countryside to take a chance into the largest capital of Latin America. During long years as a homeless, she suffered violence, abuse and prejudgement. Even so, a job opportunity can shine her life up as she has always dreamed of.
