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* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the artist run space Platforma, 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives; recounted historical facts needs rechecking

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Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community

Queer art folksonomy

  • queer intimacy,
  • radical tenderness,
  • tender & grotesque,
  • reclaiming of personal queer archives,
  • intersectional identities,
  • direct representation,
  • delicate and haunting
  • queer fantasy,
  • queer sensuality,
  • fluid identity,
  • physical objects anchoring the queer identity,
  • shifted narratives,
  • visceral effect,
  • euphoric queerness,
  • not sanitized bodies and gestures,
  • queer vulnerability,

Queer artists

Queering

Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.

Queering the museums:

Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history )

  • Triumf Amiria[1], a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
  • Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum[2], initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
  • Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
  • Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa[3], an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
  • Polish Queer Archive Institute[4], initiator: Karol Radziszewski
  • Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes[5]: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
  • Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum[6]
  • Hungarian Hatter Archive[7]
  • Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory[8]
  • Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe[9]
  • Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection[10] focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
  • Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)[11], initiator: Okvir association
  • Serbian Arkadija Archive[12], initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
  • Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta[13]r, initiator: Safira Boeder
  • Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives[14]
  • Bulgarian Queer Archive[15]

Queer writings

Books

  • Spații aparte[16] (Particular spaces), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania
  • Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate[17] (Homohistories: coming out of invisibility), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec.,
  • Castele în Spania[18] (Castles in Spain), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor
  • Cuvinte poticnite[19] (Scrambled words), by Alexandru Lupescu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Pastel, ISBN: 978-606-658-439-5, poems

Press articles

  • ARTA magazine, Arta „noastră” queer („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian[20] and English[21] language on Czech queer art
  • ARTA magazine, Hello Goodbye[22]e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, 2015
  • ARTA magazine, Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids[23], by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, 2015
  • ARTA magazine, The Xenofeminist Manifesto by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
  • ARTA magazine, The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive[24] by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives; recounted historical facts needs rechecking
  1. ↑ https://triumfamiria.ro/
  2. ↑ https://muzeulqueer.com/
  3. ↑ https://queermuzeum.pl/en/
  4. ↑ http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/
  5. ↑ https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/
  6. ↑ https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/
  7. ↑ https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library
  8. ↑ https://www.queerpamet.cz
  9. ↑ https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/
  10. ↑ https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906
  11. ↑ http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about
  12. ↑ https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749
  13. ↑ https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749
  14. ↑ https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives
  15. ↑ https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive
  16. ↑ https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/
  17. ↑ https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf
  18. ↑ https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n
  19. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DZHukAeIJ7e/
  20. ↑ https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/
  21. ↑ https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/
  22. ↑ https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/
  23. ↑ https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/
  24. ↑ https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/
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