Queer Film Classics vol.6
The Perverts Cine Club (P.C.C.) at ΛΑΛΑ presents the sixth from a series of screenings of queer arthouse/experimental film/video rarities. This Sunday we continue with the 90s and the topic of Race & Gender Intersections. We’re super excited that the screening will kick off with an online live zoom appearance by one of the evening’s […]
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 […]
Latin American and Caribbean video show
El Futuro es Infertil o no sera : Muestra de video de América Latina y el Caribe II Actos Act IArtists: Johan Mijail (RD), José Ramón Sahagún(MX), Addly Muff (MX),Yunuen Rhi+ Anibal Simon Sandoval (MX+CL), Brendyzinha, Larissa Cemitério, Pe Ferreira,Kelton Campos,Diana Jetkiss (BR) Act IISofia MorenoP o r n A g a i n Vol. […]
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+ […]
Infinite Genesis * AI Poetry workshops
ΛΑΛΑ welcomes our second residents, Aimée Lê and Marc Sutton, aka AiMARK. AiMARK are a nonbinary poetic system based in the US and UK. Their work seeks to transcend the limits of human and artificial memory, iterate new translations, and evolve queer forms of reproduction. Their project “Infinite Genesis” started in early 2022 in London […]
Aimée Lê, Aliki in Saigon
In 2016, Vietnamese American artist Aimée Lê premiered ‘Aliki in Saigon’, a multilingual non-fluent ‘translation’ of the songs of Greek 60s pop movie diva Aliki Vougiouklaki, which was later released as an EP by queer music label Fytini. https://fytini.bandcamp.com/album/aliki-in-saigon. Originally positing that Aliki’s work had been “big in Vietnam” as a spoof for a Greek audience, […]
I don’t care, body care=self care
Aaaah intestinal summer, there is a breeze on Derigny street. Bodies melting from the heat, oppression, dreams and grooming. A relaxed Saturday of care and self-care next to hot Victoria square. Hot, hot Victoria…! Hot creatures smothered in Athenian cement gather once more @ ΛΑΛΑ.For all you saltwater and freshwater mermaids, there will be clothes […]
Alvina Chamberland, bombshell & literary goddess, reads new work
Alvina Chamberland reads new literary work developed during her four-week ΛΑΛΑ residency. The work explores in a poetic and existential way the beauty and challenges of love between straight men and trans women. Alvina will also present a segment from her upcoming music theatre piece based on Swan Lake, in which the white swan is […]