Radical Drag Histories Pt.1
In this new series of screenings, ΛΑΛΑ and the Perverts Cine Club are looking at the history of radical, punk, freakish, abstract, terrorist drag. We start our investigation with a screening of the documentary The Cockettes, about the avant-garde anarchist drag troupe from San Francisco with the same name, operating between the late 60s and […]
Oral histories: Kassandra El Najjar
Kassandra El Najjar, earthly goddess, trans artist and migrant from Syria, talks to Angel Torticolis about her immigration experience in Athens, the complexities of the relationship between gender and social class and her creative journey. This discussion is the second one in a series of personal life sharing sessions by LGBTQI+ people in LALA, in […]
Queer Film Classics vol.5
The Perverts Cine Club (P.C.C.) at ΛΑΛΑ presents the fifth from a series of screenings of queer arthouse/experimental film/video rarities. This Sunday we continue with the second session dedicated to the 80s on the themes of Protest, Porn, Media, the AIDS crisis. Jerry Tartaglia, Ecce Homo, 1989, 7’David Wojnarowicz – Fire in My Belly (extract), […]
Women pioneers in electronic music
Have you ever wondered where the women pioneers are? In science, film, music, or other fields that are predominantly male-dominated. Where are the women? Did they not exist? Were they not there? Were they busy in the kitchen? No dear. They were there. They just weren’t visible.History, journalism, records, always or mostly talk about male […]
Queer Film Classics vol.4
The Perverts Cine Club (P.C.C.) at ΛΑΛΑ presents the fourth from a series of screenings of rare queer arthouse/experimental films and video art. This Sunday we continue with the 80s, a time that saw an explosion of queer narratives, so we will devote two screenings to the decade. The first screening is based on the […]
Oral histories: Ivi Kaiserli
Ivi Kaiserli, a proud sex worker and activist with a presence in public discourse, will discuss with Angel Torticollis in a full-fledged confession about her life in a small town, the complexities of sex work and trans lives in Greece. This discussion is the first of a series of personal life sharing sessions by LGBTQI+ […]
Queer Film Classics vol.3
The Perverts Cine Club (P.C.C.) at ΛΑΛΑ presents the third from a series of screenings of queer arthouse/experimental film classics. This Sunday we continue with the 70s, with examples of structural/essay films, film poems and the anarchist drag of the Cockettes. Curt McDowell – Confessions (1971), 11’Barbara Hammer – I Was I Am (1973), 6’James […]
Queer Film Classics vol. 2
The Perverts Cine Club (P.C.C.) at the newly formed ΛΑΛΑ queerspace presents a series of screenings of queer arthouse/experimental film classics. This Sunday we continue with underground performance films from the 60s, not previously screened in Athens. Ken Jacobs (feat Jack Smith) – Little Stabs at Happiness, 15’, 1963Ron Rice (feat Jack Smith and Mario […]
Queer Film Classics vol. 1
The Perverts Cine Club (P.C.C.) at the newly formed ΛΑΛΑ queerspace presents a series of screenings of queer arthouse/experimental film classics. This Sunday we start with early queer works from 1932 to 1950 and we will continue to the 60s and 70s in later screenings. Jean Cocteau – Le Sang D’ Un Poète, 1932, 55’Jean […]