QUEER SQUARE SKOPJE 2007

MASSO has the honor to invite you to our second cultural festival QUEER SQUARE SKOPJE 2007, which will take place from the 2nd till the 6th of October.

QUEER SQUARE SKOPJE is an inter- media festival that is to include series of visual art events, video screenings, performances, presentations, round tables, panel discussions and event with DJs sets on the main square in Skopje named as Out Party which for the first time will work most directly on the visibility of LGBT people in Macedonia . It aims to break gender stereotypes and cultural isolation faced by the LGBTQ people in Macedonia, and bring light to the issue of equality.

By organizing this festival we hope to show to the LGBTQ community and women as well as the general population the beauty and creativity showcased by feminist and non-heterosexual artists. We also hope to encourage local women and non-heterosexual artists to start collaborating through their work so they can lay the foundations for a local LGBTQ and feminist culture: by focusing on themes which have a contemporary relevance for culture and society, to find their place in the contemporary European art tendencies.

QUEER SQUARE SKOPJE also aims to show and utilize the power of art and culture to influence in the social-political life and decision-making, as well as to promote mutual understanding and respect for the diversity.

TIME FRAME AND DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVIES

02.10.2007 - Cultural center Tocka- Video projection of Brazilian documentary queer movies

Singularidades/ Singularities - GLBT
(Oficina de Vídeo do Projeto Olho Vivo – coordenação de Luciano Coelho, 2006, Curitiba / Brasil, vídeo, 35 min.)

As Filhas de Chiquita / The Daughters of Chiquita - GT
(Priscilla Brasil, 2006, Rio de Janeiro / Brasil, vídeo, 52 min.)

03.10.2007 - Cultural center Tocka - Video projection of Brazilian documentary queer movies

Mavamba / Mavamba – GT (Dácio Pinheiro, 2006, São Paulo / Brasil, Super-8 / vídeo, 4 min.)

Yoga Profunda / Deep Yoga - L (Ludwig Von Papirus, 2006, Rio de Janeiro / Brasil, Vídeo, 10 min.)

O Amor do Palhaço / Love of the Clown - GT (Armando Praça, 2005, Fortaleza / Brasil, 35mm / Vídeo, 15 min.)

Também sou teu Povo / I´m one of yours - T (Franklin Lacerda & Orlando Pereira, 2006, Crato / Brasil, Vídeo, 13 min.)

Vibracall / Vibracall - L (Esmir Filho, 2006, São Paulo / Brasil, 16mm / vídeo, 5 min.)

Laura Laura / Laura Laura - T (Jose Cláudio Dias Guimarães, 2005, Rio de Janeiro / Brasil, Vídeo, 26 min.)

Alguma Coisa Assim/ Something Like That - G(Esmir Filho, 2006, São Paulo / Brasil, 35mm / vídeo, 15 min.)

start 21:00

04.10.2007 - Press to exit Project space

A small conference with local speakers and Sands Murray-Wassink (5.00-6.30 pm), moderated by Ph.D Suzana Milevska, curator of the project

- Projection of the video ‘Naked conference’ (7.30 pm.)

- A discussion/performance with Sands Murray-Wassink

05.10.2007 MASSO’s office

A workshop with Lepa Mladzenovic with participation of the lesbian members of MASSO (or lesbian community).

06.10.2007 - TBA

Love is love Party with DJ sets (DJ Marco Lenzi and local, Macedonian DJs)