Diaries, Notes and Sketches pt 1: Real-time history writing and the dissemination of queer art.

Noting the centennial of Lithuanian poet and filmmaker Jonas Mekas, Index will be hosting a three part screening series showing Mekas’ experimental diary film Walden from 1968. Using Walden as a point of departure, the series will spotlight Mekas’ important role as enabler, organizer, connector of people, and devout advocate for art.

When premiering the three hour long Walden, Mekas created a schema, a sort of map guiding viewers through the film. The brief introductory text to the map states that “the Author won’t mind (he is almost encouraging it) if the Viewer will choose to watch only certain parts of the work (film), according to the time available to him, according to his preferences, or any other good reason”. Following this logic, each session will contain the screening of one of Walden’s six reels, followed by a discussion between invited guests.

This first session is inspired by Mekas’ role in creating Anthology Film Archives and his legacy of fighting censorship and championing the work of queer filmmakers. It will focus on building archives for material which has been misrepresented or excluded in traditional writings of history, and methods for promoting and disseminating queer art.

Isabella Tjäder, Curator of Learning at Index, will moderate a discussion between Anna Linder, SAQMI – The Swedish Archive for Queer Moving Images; Augustas Čičelis, Lithuanian Queer Archive; Johan Sundell, Arkivet för Rosa Brus; and Laima Kreivytė, curator, writer and founding member of the queer feminist artists’ collective Cooltūristės.

Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Place: The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Kungsbrostrand 19, Stockholm

Diaries, Notes and Sketches pt 2: Critique, contemplation and editorial outlooks is scheduled for 20 January 2023
Diaries, Notes and Sketches pt 3: Poetic cinema and polyphonic practices is scheduled for 28 January 2023

The series is produced by Index in collaboration with the Lithuanian cultural attaché in Sweden, Finland and Denmark. It is produced in partnership with Lithuanian Culture Institute.



Club Wish 2019

Club Wish 2019

Wish är en separatistisk club för kvinnor, transpersoner och/eller intersex personer som har ett intresse för BDSM och fetischism. 

Detta ljudverk är en hyllning och resa in i platsen som Wish använt dom senaste 25 åren. Inspelat och skapat av Wish Porn Club (Thamine Mossavion, Tom of Tottenham, Zafire Vrba och Madde Edlund med flera)

Klipp och ljudbearbetning: Madde Edlund

www.clubwish.se

Foto: Tom of Tottenham 


Kategorier: Dokumentärt Konst Övrigt

Från ljudarkivet.

Jon Ely Xiuming

Jon Ely Xiuming är en ickebinär third culture queer som hijackar konsthögskolor och skriver poesi, ungdomsromaner, kärleksbrev bland annat. 

Till oss som aldrig skrev något under #MeToo – Jon Ely Xiuming

Hemma – Jon Ely Xiuming


Låten om det var 2007 är en av låtarna på EP:n OHAVSDJUR en bladning mellan poesi och musik och ett samarbete mellan Jon Ely Xiuming (suedi alien) och Erik Annerborn [plant emoji] som är musikproducent och ljuddesigner. 

om det var 2007 – Jon Ely Xiuming och Erik Annerborn



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