23 May 2025, 7 – 10 PM
Free Entry
The program sequence in sight shows various aspects of making bodies (in)visible that have to do with inhabiting and abandoning places. The focus is on queer perspectives. In March, artist Danila Lipatov used the Kunst Raum Mitte research space to place the gallery’s history in an expanded context with queer subcultures. On May 23, he will present his results and open an Archival Jukebox Bar in the courtyard together with Karen Zimmermann.
During his time at Kunst Raum Mitte’s Research Space, Danila explores structures of queer self-organization and everyday acts of protest in the late GDR inspired by various archives, such as DEFA Filmwelt, Gino-Hahnemann Archiv, Kunst Raum Mitte, Schwules Museum, Sonntags-Club e.V., Spinnboden Lesbenarchiv & Bibliothek, and The Watch.
Danila collects materials in the form of ephemera and fragments: transcribed interviews with eyewitnesses and archivists, correspondences through messages and emails, photographed book pages, sounds and songs, film and television episodes. By sharing these findings with old and new friends, everyone present will cautiously approach these traces to collectively uncover the utopian potentials of historical queer cultures.
The event starts at 7 PM. There will be a permanent presentation in the Research Space and an Archival Jukebox Bar with drinks and music hosted by Karen und Danila in the courtyard of Kunst Raum Mitte. The exhibition will be open until 10 PM.
