Clothing as a sign system that determines how bodies are read, evaluated, and regulated—and how these historical constructs continue to have an impact to this day. Clothing served as a form of social identification by making gender, age, and social and religious affiliations visible.

Lecture by art historian Anjelika Spöth

Lecture & Discussion
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What could queer utopias look like in fiction – stories where technically anything is possible?

In this workshop we will explore this question in two parts: Firstly, we’ll reflect on the stories we already know and whether we‘d consider them a queer utopia. Secondly, we will write our own queer utopias with the help of reflective journaling prompts or fiction writing prompts.

No prior knowledge is required. Please bring a notebook and pen, or your favorite writing materials.

Workshop in English or German
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Are you in the mood for a relaxed, colorful afternoon full of creativity? Then join our queer papercrafting workshop! Together, we’ll design unique greeting cards using a die-cutting machine – perfect for gifting, sending, or keeping for yourself. No prior experience is necessary, and you don’t need to bring anything.

What to expect: – Introduction to the die-cutting machine – A variety of papers & inspiration – Space for queer exchange & community – Good vibes guaranteed

Papercrafting Workshop
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This January, we are launching a lecture series on queer art history titled What’s Missing?, curated by Florian Aschka, Eugenia Seleznova, and Kero Fichter. In this series, art historians and artists will explore manifestations of queerness across different cultures and historical periods: from the Western Renaissance and Yugoslav art of the 1970s to contemporary Black African art, and many others.

Lecture & Discussion
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This lecture explores queer and queer-adjacent expressions in literature, poetry, mysticism, and visual culture from historical Syria and the broader Levant. Moving beyond modern identity labels, it traces how desire, intimacy, gender fluidity, and embodied longing appeared in classical Arabic poetry, Sufi writings, court literature, and urban social spaces such as bathhouses and performance traditions.Through selected examples, the lecture asks how queerness can be read historically, how desire was articulated before contemporary categories, and how these cultural lineages challenge dominant narratives that frame queerness as foreign to the region. The talk weaves together art, history, and embodiment to open space for alternative readings of tradition, memory, and belonging.

Lecture & Discussion
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This lecture offers a research-based overview of Generation X lesbian artists in the post-Yugoslav space from the 1990s to today. It examines how war, post-war realities, nationalism, and post-socialist transition shaped artistic practices, networks, and conditions of (in)visibility, and how lesbia artists responded to erasure by creating counter-archives of memory, solidarity and resistance. Drawning on long-term research, the lecture maps shared patterns, shifts over time, and the political significance of lesbian art within post-Yugoslav cultural history.

Lecture & Discussion
Free admission, donations welcome