THE QUEER ARCHIVE FESTIVAL 2020
JEANNE JACOB
LOOKING FOR
LOVE
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.
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.
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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.
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
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.
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
