RADAS STUDIO / GALLERY41,373161, 2,160841
Barcelona, España
11/09/2021
RADAS STUDIO / GALLERY41,373161, 2,160841
Barcelona, España
11/09/2021
Harina B.O.R.E.D
An interAction based in stereotypes of the identity of Venezuelans, flour to cook arepas has been a material used and reused as a part of our identity, migration aspects I consider as an important fact to question about the construction of our identity, which is constantly changing but lately has been strongly forced. I play with the material, nothing new, I used as a part of my body/face- bored, bored, bored- but there are some memories that also come to mi mind while I made these actions for the camera. Are we using materials as an easy way to get attention or recognition outside our landbirth or is a questioning about the construction of identity? This could start as a joke but is also a critical speech.
Ephemera is a monthly open stage for performance artists.
Ephemera Online Stage for Performance Art #3
Sunday 21st of March 17:00 (Central European Time)
The third open stage features the following live streaming performances:
17:05 (CET) Susana SK / Spain / www.susanask.org / "Myanmar 2021"
17:20 (CET) Gummo Nabokov / Argentina / @gummo01011101
17:35 (CET) Pinar Derin Gencer / Sweden-Turkey / @pinarderingencer
17:40 (CET) Rikke Bogetoft / Denmark / www.rikkebogetoft.dk
17:55 (CET) Alexander Escalona / Venezuela / @alexanderescalonart
18:10 (CET) Robert Luzar / Born in Slovenia, raised in Canada / @robertluzarartist www.robertluzar.com / "Him-Me"
18:25 (CET) MAx PRovenzano / Venezuela / @maxprovenzano www.maxprovenzano.tumblr.com / "Harina B.O.R.E.D"
Dedicated to all Venezuelans who left the country and for any reason are forced to work with their own body in a sexual way. Body is always used to produce but with different approaches, stability outside your birth country is the main objective, body is the link of pleasure/money you pay and you get, that's what society teaches to us. Passport is a linking point between us, we all expired and solving in different ways, while the random music plays just dance and move your ass for one side to another, p(ass) movement will bring us money this time. A golden promise from our country. A P(ass)port will help me to escape from my country and reality.
The Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival has welcomed proposals from across disciplines, including but not limited to visual artworks, poetry and writing, workshops, performances, video and film, community interventions and talks or lectures that investigated the question: What is Identity?
These will be presented through physical interventions in Thessaloniki, as well as through a curated series of social media, blog, and website posts and videos, according to the needs of each selected project.
Through a programme of physical and online interventions, TQAF 2021 aims to offer a platform for underrepresented LGBTQIA+ artists, cultural practitioners, writers and activists from across the world to share their practice and connect with peers in the months of May, June and July in 2021.
The festival will explore themes of performed identity, colonialism, lived histories, trans experience and the ever-changing and dynamic construction of the self.
ABOUT
Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival (TQAF) is a grassroots initiative that sets out to alter deeply entrenched misconceptions and prejudices toward the queer and LGBTQIA community through artistic and cultural practices.
TQAF’s VISION
The festival was founded in 2018, and is led by a dedicated team of volunteers, including Tomas Diafas, Dominic Sylvia Lauren, Vassia Magoula, Evi Minou, Aristea Rellou, Annie Tsevdomaria and Magda Vaz, who endeavour to provide queer artists with a platform to investigate sociocultural phenomena relating to queer identities and experiences. TQAF has been formed through collaborations in which our team has collectively curated the festival program.
The festival is driven by the belief that art has the power to open new avenues of communication as well as serve as a bridge between a diverse array of individuals and social groups. TQAF aims to foster dialogues and develop alternative methods for addressing social discrimination.
THESSALONIKI
Thessaloniki is strategically located between the Balkans, Turkey and the Middle East, regions where LGBTQIA communities are often marginalised. As we develop strategies for addressing prejudice and resistance to queer inclusiveness in Greece, TQAF will serve as a political and inspirational link to neighbouring societies. As a breeding ground for queer discourse and artistic creation, we hope that the festival’s impact will extend beyond the borders of Greece.
SOCIAL NETWORKS
CONTACT
General Info & Queries
Press & Communications tqafcommunications@gmail.com
Film
JOIN OUR NETWORK
FESTIVAL TEAM
CURATORIAL
Aicha Josefa Trinidad Gououi, Alexandros Tsonis, Kosta Karakashyan, Lucía García Martín, MAx Provenzano & Vassia Magoula
FILM PROGRAMME
Annie Tsevdomaria, Evi Minou & Magda Vaz
FESTIVAL COORDINATION
OUTREACH & WORKSHOP COORDINATION
Tomas Diafas
DIGITAL & COMMUNICATIONS