PARASITES brings together texts by Maxi Wallenhorst (author), Pansy (drag queen and organiser), Peter Rausch (founding member of HIB – Homosexuelle Interessengemeinschaft Berlin, one of the earliest activist groups to campaign for gay, lesbian, and trans rights in the GDR), and Liz Rosenfeld. caner teker invited contributors to address the questions of how solidarity can be experienced in darkness, how archiving is done in darkness, and how people can survive institutions. The texts are activated in a performative reading.