This video features in a responsive display in the museum that presents the moments, stories and memes capturing the zeitgeist by going viral on the internet.
Trans actor and model Hunter Schafer went live on Instagram to expose Silq, a nightclub in Düsseldorf, for refusing her assistant entry because she is trans. Schafer connected with up to 30.1K of her followers in real time to call out the club as “not safe for transgender people”. @schaferfiles, a Twitter fan account for the actress, ensured that Schafer’s broadcast could be accessed beyond the live stream, screen recording and reposting the video to Twitter. The viral nature of Schafer’s video demonstrates the power of social media as a tool for activism.
Curator Notes
Silq made the following Instagram post in response to Hunter Schafer's video.
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Not in ACMI's collection
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Curatorial section
The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-09. Catch of the Day
Measurements
1:24
Object Types
Moving image file/Digital
Materials
Digital screen recording from @schaferfiles Twitter