Dear Shaded Viewers,
12-22 May 2022, Athens, Greece
THE QUEER ARCHIVE FESTIVAL #3
With a highly interesting, original, playful and daring programme of multimedia experiences, bringing together all artistic trends and expressions of today’s queer culture, The Queer Archive Festival returns for the third consecutive year, with the support of Onassis Stegi.
The great celebration of the rich and lively queer culture returns for the third consecutive year in various places (galleries, hotels, clubs, terraces, multipurpose spaces) of the Athenian center, with the iconic Omonoia Square as its main reference point, from 12 to 22 May 2022.
This year, The Queer Archive Festival grows and extends its programme into ten days. Ten days full of art exhibitions, performances, discussions, presentations, talks, gastronomy, karaoke, workshops, drag shows, parties and much more which will be held simultaneously in different places. A festival open and accessible to all, faithful to the emergence of new talents, but also in support of established, local and international artists of the global queer art scene.
The aim of The Queer Archive Festival is to promote the ever-evolving queer art scene, which reflects contemporary queer culture, praises diversity and promotes inclusiveness. The festival is supported for the third consecutive year by the Onassis Stegi, which believes in culture as a meeting point for human rights and freedom of expression and of foremost the self-evident rights of the LGBTQI + community.
Festival Programme
Performances
Sam Albatros, one of the most talked about people of the year in the field of publishing, will present their performance “Faulty Boy” in Romantso. The performance is based on the best-selling book of the same name by Sam Albatros, which is the first openly queer novel in Greece. A hybrid performance that combines video art, photos from the family album and lip syncs. In the spotlight, a child who tries to play with whatever toys are given to them: friends, pokemon, television, electronics and the violence of the Greek countryside.
Thursday 21 May, 21:00 – 22:00 | Free entrance.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/faultyboy
What if we start revealing ourselves around a table among strangers? Israeli artist Jason Danino Holt presents the five-hour immersive performance “Not Letting It In”, where a group of performers from Tel Aviv and Athens exchange personal confessions around a table. Together with the public, they create a temporary freedom zone, a temporary community, a shelter (or hell?), a safe play area. Viewers can come and go during the show and the audience is welcome to share their own confessions. The performance is carried out with the support of the Israeli Embassy in Greece.
Sunday 22 May, 18:00 – 23:00 | Ticket: 5 €
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/notlettingitin
Drag dinner: La Drag Bouffe
What happens when you bring A Man To Pet and chef Vassilis Kallidis together? A big drag food and drink bouffe! Gastronomy meets drag in a performative, surprise dinner at the restaurant of the Lighthouse Hotel in Omonoia Square. Chef Vassilis Kallidis, curates and cooks a special menu with a view over Omonoia Square inspired by the gastronomic history of the area from the ’50s until today, while performer A Man To Pet will be there to disturb the peace between your dishes! Music, dance, fun and haute cuisine compose an original dinner for a limited number of attendees.
Friday 20 May, 21:00 – 00:00 | Cost: 35 € / person (includes full menu and drink)
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/ladragbouffe
Visual Arts-Publications
In Romantso, seven international queer artists present a series of photographs, collages, video installations and interactive works addressing issues of gender identity, sexual expression, intimacy, acceptance and communication in the digital / post COVID-19 era. The project entitled Feeding the Queer Archive features the following artists: Alina Gross, Callum Leo Hughes, Qingyi Ren, Stiofan O’Ceallaigh, Unseen That, Shia Conlon, Kostis Kontogewrgos.
Opening: Thursday 12 May, 18:00 – 21:00 | 13-15 May, 12:00 – 20:00 | Free entrance
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/feedingthequeerarchive
The second issue of KAVLA art fanzine will be presented at Hyper Hypo bookstore. KAVLA is an independent edition of the festival with the participation of LGBTQI + artists of all creative backgrounds. The editors of the publication, Konstantinos Menelaou and Vassilia Kaga, invited artists, writers, poets and thinkers to participate in a queer dialogue of aesthetics and words and to spark new and meaningful discussions about the queer experience, art and culture.
Friday 13 May, 18:00 – 21:00 | Free entrance.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/kavla2
Also in the gallery space of Hyper Hypo, festival goers can visit the exhibition Underground4Ukraine: Never Not Fighting featuring works by top queer artists from Ukraine. This group show is organised under the banner of Underground 4 Ukraine, a European-wide network of countercultural organisations making acts of solidarity with their counterparts in Ukraine. A selection of prints will be available for purchase, with proceeds shared between the artists and organisations providing humanitarian support on the ground in Ukraine right now. Participants: Anton Shebetko, Rebel Queers, Zhenya Tramvay, Bogdan Moroz, Kinder Limo, Oksana Kazmina. Curated by: Alex King & Ivan March.
Opening: Friday 13 May, 18:00 – 21:00 | Hours: 14/5 – 11:00 – 18:00, 16/5 – 11:00 – 18:00, 17/5 – 11:00 – 20:00, 18/5 – 11:00 – 18:00, 19/5 – 11:00 – 20:00, 20/5 – 11:00 – 20:00, 21/5 – 11:00 – 18:00 | Free entrance.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/undergroundforukraine
Curator Vassilia Kaga is presenting multimedia exhibition Femme4Femme4ever at Haus N Athen gallery. Eleven queer artists subvert toxic masculinity through the enhancement of queer femme femininity. Participants: Rory Midhani, Bunny Tsagkaropoulou, h0tgir1bummrr, Eleni Bagaki, alienprincesshasgreasyhair, Theodora Savvalaridi, Vas Lazaridou, Artemisia Reppa, Sofia Rozaki, Rafael Medina, Spyros Rennt.
Opening: Thursday 19 May, 19:00 – 22:00 | Hours: 20 – 22 May, 12:00 – 20:00 (the exhibition will last until 12/06/2022) | Free entrance.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/femme4femme4ever
Throughout the festival, the window of OTTTO gallery in Exarchia will host Translucent Desires. An installation featuring works by four artists using classical techniques in their own way, expressing an intuitive sensuality with layers of light and darkness, contrasting tattoos with the indicative beauty of gay cruising, the sensuality of translucent X-ray photos and kinky marble. Participants: Andreas
Fux, Simone Kappeler, Stefan Thiel, Werner Widmer. Curated by: widmertheodoridis.
Exhibition duration: 12 – 22 May 24 hours a day | Free entrance.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/translucentdesired
Cinema
David Weissman’s documentary on the legendary collective “The Cockettes”, which defined the pop culture of the ‘70s and still influences queer aesthetics, will be presented in a special screening in Romantso. The evening will also include the screening of the short films “Sexual Distancing” by Dimitris Aspropoulos, as well as “Monstera” by Vera Chotzoglou.
Tuesday 17 May, 21:00 – 23:00 | Ticket: 4 €
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/cockettes
The Queer Archive Festival invites us to spend a few hours in the mind of director Christos Massalas. In anticipation of his first feature film of “Broadway”, which is already making an impressive run at film festivals around the world, the director will share familiar thoughts and creative processes that helped him complete Broadway as well as his previous films. A special look inside the mind of one of the most promising young Greek directors.
Wednesday 18 May, 19:00 – 21:00 | Free entrance.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/broadwayandbeyond
At the same time, in the new exhibition space of the famous Cantina Social in Psyrri, Cantina Antisocial – The Art Space, WET 1 & 2 screenings will take place. A selection of the hottest short films that transcend the boundaries between art, porn and beyond, in collaboration with Satyrs and Maenads: the Athens porn film festival. Films by: Bruce Labruce, Max Disgrace, Antonio Da Silva, Grundvold, Lily Lu, Nicky Miller, Kate Sinclaire, Evie Snax, Marit Östberg.
Opening: 13 May, 21:00 – 00:00 (DJ Set by hael_ky and Loo) | Free entrance.
Wet 1: 13-14 May, 21:00 – 00:00 | Free entrance.
Wet 2: 20 – 21 May, 21:00 – 00:00 | Free entrance.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/wet
Health-Self-care
Can clubbing actually be considered as fitness and disco as cardio? All the answers are served by DJ Clubkid and Rrose Sélavy together with personal trainer Dimitris Giannoulis in two sweaty disco aerobics sessions in Romantso!
Saturday 14 & 21 May, 12:00 – 13:00 | Participation: 5 €
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/discoaerobics
“Queer vaginas unite!” The newly formed team of Omgyno together with curator Xenia Kalpaktsoglou insvite us to Hadoken Club, for an afternoon dedicated to self-protection and self-care. The programme includes lubrication workshops, lectures on queer gynaecology by Dr. Amalia Savvidi as well as screening of the documentary “Zen Pussy: A Meditation on Eleven Vulvas” by Dr. Annie Sprinkle and Joseph Kramer.
Saturday 21 May, 18:00 – 21:00 | Admission free upon reservation.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/queervaginasunite
Music
The Queer Archive Festival opening soirée: Multi-talented Athenian drag megaforce Chraja will be behind the decks in the bar of Romantso for the official opening of the festival!
Thursday 12 May, 22:00 – closing | Free entrance.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/openingsoiree22
A few days later, the annual big Queer Archive Festival Party comes to the Romantso club with special guest: THOUGHTKNOT (Ninja Tunes), organiser of the legendary R & She parties in clubs in London, Berlin, New York etc. Also behind the decks: Jacob of Cappadocia, K.ATOU and CLUBKID from Athens.
Saturday 14 May, 23:00 | Ticket: 8 €
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/festival3party
The festival sets up a Karaoke Extravaganza for every aspiring pop star on the rooftop of Romantso, with special guests Nalyssa Green and Kristof and host A Man To Pet. DJ D’Arcy Foxx will be on the decks. There will be a special prize for the person who will become the most competitive karaoke diva of the night!
Saturday 21 May, 22:00 – 02:30 | Ticket: 7 €.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/karaokeextravaganza
The festival concludes with a closing soirée at Hollywood Pub with DJ sets and live by LOU and Molyneaux X Agatha X Riri.
Sunday 22 May, 23:00 – closing | Free entrance.
https://www.thequeerarchive.com/closingsoiree22
Full programme: https://www.thequeerarchive.com/festival2022
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