THE QUEER ARCHIVE FESTIVAL 2020

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JEANNE JACOB

13-16 FEBRUARY

OPENING 13/2 - 18:00-22:00

THE BREEDER GALLERY

In the field between strikingness and subtlety, the artist presents a personal and playful approach to the topic of love, romance and sexuality, influenced by queer-feminist literature and contemporary sociology.

Not A Boy, Not A Girl Either Antzela Sal

PAOLA REVENIOTI

KRAXIMO

2020

13-16 FEBRUARY

LAUNCH 13/2 20:00-22:00

ROMANTSO GALLERY SPACE

KRAXIMO was not just a magazine, but an event that really motivated the liberation, or rather the emancipation of an entire colorful world.

EDEN LEVI AM

RÉENCHANTEMENT

DES CORPS

13-16 FEBRUARY

OPENING 13/2 - 20:00-22:00

ROMANTSO

GALLERY SPACE

Eden Levi Am's search for a gender identity outside binary opposites was first intuitive then intellectual.

AARON MOTH

OBJECTS OF DELIGHT

13-16 FEBRUARY

OPENING 13/2 - 20:00-22:00

ROMANTSO GALLERY SPACE

As long as we give our respects to all the cultures that have helped shaped the whole humanity, we're on the right path.

JAMIL HELLU

BUBBLE GUM

13-16 FEBRUARY

OPENING 13/2 - 20:00-22:00

ROMANTSO

Representing the pushes and pulls related to the social acceptance of relationships between gay men

Stathis Mitropoulos, cuming out (draft),

ΣΤΑΘΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ

SKIN FLAGS

13-16 FEBRUARY

OPENING 13/2 - 20:00-22:00

ROMANTSO GALLERY SPACE

Hand-made banner flags inspired by the human body and the dialogue raised in the last years around sexual identity.

SAM ALBATROS

ΑΔΕΡΦΗ

13-16 FEBRUARY

OPENING 13/2 - 20:00-22:00

ROMANTSO

An audiovisual attempt to process traumatic events.

THE QUEER ARCHIVE

FESTIVAL OPENING SOIRÉE

13 FEBRUARY

21:00-01:00

ROMANTSO BAR AREA

On Thursday night we launch The Queer Archive Festival and we invite you to Romantso Bar Area at 22:00 to celebrate with us. DJ set by festoval;s ambassador A MAN TO PET and TZEF MONTANA!

KIRIAKOS HADJIIOANNOU

THANATON, ROUGH CUT

14-16 FEBRUARY

15:00-16:00

SIX DOGS CLUB

In an eternal altercation with death, the body is conceived as an element of substance of oneself and a boundary of social action.

TORBEN JOST

DIVA

14-16 FEBRUARY

OPENING 14/2 - 18:00-21:00

A HOLLOW PLACE GALLERY

The diva is a pop cultural figure whose appeal and power lie in her vulnerability. She is revered for the extreme emphasis and aestheticization of her pain.

FRINGE! FILM AND ARTS FEST

LETS TALK ABOUT GENDER, BABY

14-16 FEBRUARY

OPENING 14/2 - 19:00-22:00

STATE OF CONCEPT ATHENS

A collection of experimental and playful short films that push boundaries, interrogate gender and get down and dirty in the search for identity, love and existence.

KΩΣΤΗΣ ΦΩΚΑΣ & GERARDO VISMANOS

INTROVERT/

EXTROVERT

14-16 FEBRUARY

OPENING 14/2 20:00-23:00

VOID GALLERY

The interlaced images are filled with a powerful emotional charge; models occupying, appropriating and engaging with the photographic frame are addressing the human body as a site of aesthetic potency.

A MAN TO PET

THE QUEER BREAKFAST

15 FEBRUARY

12:00-14:00

SIX DOGS RESTAURANT

The Queer Archive Festival invites you to an outrageously fun breakfast experience hosted by the festival's ambassador A MAN TO PET.

ATHENS SUBSUMPTION

CRUISING THE EROTIC POTENTIALITY OF ATHENS

15 FEBRUARY

12:00-16:00

ROMANTSO LIVE VENUE

In this workshop, Athens Subsumption will introduce collaborative exercises and tools to cruise Athens.

ΠΑΟΛΑ ΡΕΒΕΝΙΩΤΗ

ON KRAXIMO

15 FEBRUARY

17:00-19:00

ROMANTSO LIVE VENUE

A casual discussion with Paola on the publishing of KRAXIMO, the support from intellectuals and the public, struggling with censorship and the law and more..

MATT LAMBERT

A FILM SELECTION

15 FEBRUARY

21:30-22:30

AMPHITHEATRE TECHNOPOLIS

The Queer Archive Festival joins forces with Athens Fashion Film Festival to present the work of a pioneering

director and photographer, who has successfully combined fashion imagery with queer aesthetics.

THE QUEER ARCHIVE

FESTIVAL PARTY

15 FEBRUARY

23:00-LATE

ROMANTSO CLUB

On Saturday night The Queer Archive festival will celebrate all things queer with our friend DJs ONIO from Berlin and local sensations JACOB OF CAPADOCCIA, ROMAN & SARADIS

KΩΣΤΗΣ ΦΩΚΑΣ

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

16 FEBRUARY

17:00-19:00

VOID GALLERY

The Queer Archive festival invites everyone to take part in a live photographic session with artist Kostis Fokas.

THE QUEER ARCHIVE

FESTIVAL CLOSING SOIRÉE

16 FEBRUARY

21:00-01:00

ROMANTSO GALLERY SPACE

That's a wrap! On Sunday at 21:00, on the last day of The Queer Archive Festival we invite you at Romantso Gallery Space to celebrate the conclusion of our first edition and the beginning of an institution.

ABOUT

The Queer Archive Festival is an arts festival based in Athens, offering a rich program of multimedia experiences, open and accessible to all. The aim of the festival is to address the different approach around the issues of the queer community by supporting young, well-established, domestic or non-domestic artists, enhancing personal experience while promoting public dialogue and focusing on free expression.

Video installations, exhibitions, walks, workshops, interactive art and performances will be part of the festival's activities aimed at highlighting talent, supporting progressive thinking and encouraging creativity.

The first The Queer Archive Festival is powered by Onassis Stegi and it will take place February 13-16 2020 in galleries and alternative venues in downtown Athens. This collaboration aims to expand the queer community of Athens and to welcome the viewpoint of established and emerging creators by offering them equal space and opportunities for communication and exposure.

The Queer Archive Festival aims to become a catalyst for curiosity, meaningful discussion and cultural progress and will offer to a wide range of artistic efforts the opportunity to be exhibited and to be easily accessible in a list of venues, all under the same creative umbrella.

Το The Queer Archive Festival είναι ένα φεστιβάλ τέχνης, που με έδρα την Αθηνά, προτείνει ένα πλούσιο πρόγραμμα πολυμεσικών εμπειριών, ανοιχτό και προσβάσιμο σε όλους. Στόχος του φεστιβάλ είναι η ανάπτυξη της αντίληψης γύρω από τα ζητήματα της queer κοινότητας υποστηρίζοντας νέους και εδραιωμένους εγχώριους ή μη καλλιτέχνες, αναδεικνύοντας την προσωπική εμπειρία, ενώ παράλληλα προωθεί το δημόσιο διάλογο, φέρνοντας στο επίκεντρο την ελεύθερη έκφραση.

Video εγκαταστάσεις, εκθέσεις, περίπατοι, workshops, διαδραστική τέχνη και performances θα αποτελέσουν μέρος της δραστηριότητας του φεστιβάλ στοχεύοντας να υπογραμμίσουν το ταλέντο, να υποστηρίξουν την προοδευτική σκέψη και να ενθαρρύνουν την δημιουργικότητα.

To πρώτο The Queer Archive Festival, θα λάβει χώρα 13-16 Φεβρουαρίου του 2020 με την υποστήριξη της Στέγης Γραμμάτων & Τεχνών σε εκθεσιακούς και εναλλακτικούς χώρους στο κέντρο της Αθήνας. Η συνεργασία αυτή στοχεύει στη διεύρυνση της queer κοινότητας της Αθήνας, καλωσορίζοντας τις προτάσεις καθιερωμένων αλλά και ανερχόμενων δημιουργών, προσφέροντάς τους ίσο χώρο και ευκαιρίες επικοινωνίας και έκθεσης.

Το The Queer Archive Festival στοχεύει να καταστεί καταλύτης για την περιέργεια, τις ουσιαστικές συζητήσεις και την πολιτιστική πρόοδο και θα προσφέρει σε ένα μεγάλο εύρος καλλιτεχνικών προσπαθειών τη δυνατότητα της έκθεσης και της εύκολης πρόσβασης σε μια λίστα χώρων, υπό την ίδια δημιουργική ομπρέλα.

The Queer Archive Team

Director/Curator: Konstantinos Menelaou

Marketing Manager: Dimitrios Kousoulas

Creative Design: Yan Petris & Ann Trympali (A project by)

Party producer: Maria Politi

Text editing: Katerina Nikou, Alex King

Volunteers' Co-ordinator: Ilias Giwnis

Guest Co-ordinator: Ricardo Ibusquiza