Tag: Berlin
Berliner queer artist Stefan Merkt has Tom of Finland all licked
The very prolific queer Berlin-based artist Stefan Merkt is back with a new Exhibit at Romeo und Romeo which focuses on his favorite inspiration Tom of Finland. But look closely at the pictures we have previewed from the Show as there is not a drop of paint on any of them. Since the 1980’s…
Leo Adef’s SAFE : a stunning short doc on Berlin’s queer Ballroom scene
As a queer journalist sometimes you kick yourself when quite by chance you discover something truly wonderful that you really should have known about and celebrated before. In this case it’s not a ‘thing but a person. Leo Adef is an Argentinean filmmaker and photographer based in Barcelona. On a visit to Berlin to…
Intimacy : New Queer Art from Berlin and Beyond
The current Exhibition at the re-opened Schwules Museum is Intimacy New Queer Art from Berlin and Beyond. If you are unfamiliar with the space, then you should know that Schwule Museum (SMU) was founded in 1985 to give a home to the history and culture of gay men and their emancipation movement, their history…
Leo Adef captures the spirit of queer Berlin’s Ballroom Scene
When Leo Adef a queer filmmaker and photographer from Argentina , who is based in Barcelona, visited Berlin it inspired him to make this compelling short film on their Ballroom scene. I’s called Safe because this is what the scene represents to the local BPOC queer community. Adef told Ireland’s Gen Magazine I met…
Elska Magazine checks out the Boys of Berlin
Even though BERLIN is now considered the queer sex capital of the world , having usurped New York some years ago, It doesn’t mean that all the city’s gay men are obsessed with getting laid 24/7 . Elksa the queer bookzine revisited the City and as usual rounded up a whole cross section of…
