Nao é pecado

Small colaboration - rope jam - in Spiraliya's video for Anamar's "Nao é pecado".

Workshop and talks in Oldenburg: Vacations in Slut Meadow and discussion on Polyamory

When: 20.4.2012, 18h
Where: tbd Oldenburg
Language: Deutsch (with the possibility of English translation)

Film screening of "vacatins in slut meadow" (Ferien in Schlampenau) followed by moderated discussion and Q&A on polyamoury, networking and polyamoury in queer contexts

Save The Place - Revamped

We love our little queer lion, guardian of all collective projects menaced by gentrification. That's why we decided to improve a bit the quality of our save the place movies. Now they look much more crisp. Queer crisp, so to say.

And we even decided to create one version with minimal color treatment, because we love the original colors. Actually we love all versions so much we cannot decide which one we love more! And that's all the better for it. Queer is about loving...

Screenings:
24th May at Four Corners on London "Films about Garden", Bildwechsel Glasgow.
1-3.June.2012 Traumschicht queer film fest in Zurich
Wotever Pride, etc (to be completed)

Anyway here are the links:

Save the Place - The Timeless Release:
Save the Place- The Time Travel Release Save the Place - The Minimal Release

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Film: remember Gay Love Story

The documentary "Remember Gay Love Story" (Ann Antidote) is reaching the end phase of its post production, after a very much needed "cool down day" of only about 3 weeks for feedback collection, sleeping and lucidity recovery.

In this short film (aprox 7') we document the very first rehearsal and very first staging of the performance "Gay Love Story", by Lun Ário and Kay Garnellen, for the "Hurenball" (lit. Ball of the Whores), the party celebrating 30 years of Hydra e.V., an association for the defense of the rights and interests of sex workers in Berlin.

"A macho gay guy is sitting in a bar, waiting for his next victim...His lucky number seems to be this cute shy guy coming in... But things might not be what they seem."

In this 8' performance, in which a determinist interpretation is purposedly left impossible, themes are suggested like the role and space transgender people have (or not) in mainstream gay communities, date rape, gender clichées within the queer community, consent, danger associated with sex work, discrimination(s), guilt, fear, lust and ultimately, love.

The two performers, Lun Ário, Kay Garnellen and filmmakers Ann Antidote are queer sex-positive DIY performer artists based in Berlin, and Ann followed from quite near all preparations and settings for this performance and ultimately decided to document them. 

For more information on the film and events related to it, please contact studiesforthunder [at] gmail [dot] com

On facebook:
Remember Gay Love Story (on Facebook)


Screenings:

12.05.2012 Kinky Night of the Shorts, Berlin 
20.6.2012 Exibition "I am this also", Lisbon
3.07.2012 Wotever Pride Film Festival, London
28.09.2012 5. Fetisch Film Festival, Kiel
15.10.2012 Reality Show Festival, Leipzig




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Filme: "Férias em Vale Galdérias", Projecto Lei

Screening do filme "Férias em Vale Galdérias" (http://polygarchutopia.blogspot.com/).
Segunda feira, 19.12.2011, 21h

Espaço Projecto Lei Rua do Passadiço n.º 68 1150-255 Lisboa

Com a presenca dos dois fazedores-de-filme, para uma animada sessao de perguntas e respostas.

... Entrada é livre, com contribuicao livre para apoiar este projeto.

Há bebidas várias a precos civilisados.



O filme retrata um acampamento de verão, de inspiração feminista ecológica e DIY, dirigido a mulheres+trans que desafiam o conceito de monogamia como tipo de relação normativa.

Neste evento, tudo é auto-organizado, desde as tarefas diárias, como a preparação dos alimentos, a limpeza ou o transporte de lenha para a fogueira do ponto de encontro, como todos os workshops e cursos ou mesmo um improvisado "matchmaking". É parte integrante da filosofia deste campo que pessoas de todos os tamanhos de bolsas possam participar.

No manifesto do campo pode-se ler "Mulheres que lutam contra a corrente também precisam de descanso" e continua: "longe da heteronormatividade, para trocar experiências, discutir utopias possíveis e conspirar para construir o mundo em que queremos viver".

Neste pequeno filme de 19 minutos são entrevistadas quatro participantes do campo que nos dizem o pouco espaço que há nesta sociedade para quem se define como mulher e/ou trans e/ou poly e/ou queer e/ou transgénero, e que nos falam sobre a sua visão do poliamor, sobre o acampamento, feminismo, identidades queer, e dos seus sonhos.

Save the Place, the tragic end of a real-estate agent

In St. Pölten, Austria, at the Queer Feminist Network meeting, a workshop on DIY film making by Ola Marty took place.

The first result was, after 4 people came together (Ola, Iwan, Antidote and Lun Ario) a first short film "Save the Place".

the scrip was scribbled rather than writen in 10 minutes, the costumes were gathered from the "take and give" place at the LAMES house, the filming took 2 hours, the cutting and general post-production another 2 hours.

Synopsis: A real-estate agent visits the LAMES premises in St Pölten, where a queer meeting is taking place. She looks forward to accomplish her dreams of intense real-estate development of the area. But not everybody shares her dreams...

This film is purely fictional and intended as comedy and although we fight gentrification and mainstream pressure, we don't condone violence against real-estate agents.

Feedback welcome!



With some more time, a mute film structure was adopted, a more careful post production took place and new storyline elements were integrated. Save the Place, the timeless version in Sepia




But it was found out that the images lost much of its cheerfulness and strenght with monocromacity, so we kept the model and adopted a 50´s technicolour colour scheme. Save the Place, the timeless version (final):






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Documentary (film) on Slutmeadow/Schlampenau

(german below) In 2007 the first ”Ferien in Schlampenau”, which roughly translates to “Vacations in Slut Meadow”, took place in Germany, becoming meanwhile a yearly feminist summer camp for women who challenge the concept of monogamy as the sole accepted relationship model. “Also unnatural women need rest”, said the invitation, “and to spend time with other sluts, away from the heteronormativity, exchanging experiences, discussing utopias or developing a new relationship culture.” In this DIY, no-budget film, word is given to four participants in Schlampenau and they speak about polyamory, the camp itself, feminism, queer identities and their dreams for the future. The film shows a sense of fight against alienation in a society where being a woman, polyamorous, feminist, queer or transgender is often misunderstood or outright repressed. The camp is revealed as a place of togetherness, freedom, discussion and fun. Ladies from all genders and gentlemen, welcome to Schlampenau. More on the film at the film´s blog: here (http:://polygarchutopia.blogspot.com) ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 fand das erste "Ferien in Schlampenau, Sommercamp für unnatürliche Frauen" statt, dass inzwischen zu einer jährlichen Veranstaltung geworden ist. "Auch unnatürliche Frauen brauchen Erholung", stand in der Ankündigung, "einfach Zeit mit anderen Schlampen verbringen, fernab der Heteronormativität, um Erfahrungen auszutauschen, Utopien zu diskutieren oder gemeinsam eine neue Beziehungskultur zu entwickeln." Vier Teilnehmerinnen sprechen über Polyamorie, das Sommercamp, Feminismus, Queer Identitäten und ihre Träume für die Zukunft. Dieser do-it-yourself (and no budget) Dokumentarfilm zeigt einen Kampfgeist gegen die Entfremdung in einer Gesellschaft wo immer missverstanden oder unterdrückt wird, wenn man eine Frau, polyamorös, Feministin, queer oder transgender ist. Das Camp erscheint als ein Ort der Zusammengehörigkeit, der Freiheit, des Austausches und für Spass. Mehr darüber @ Blog zur Film: hier (http://polygarchutopia.blogspot.com).

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