A Crack in the Present: "Queers Read Out Loud III" Returns with Visions of Utopia -

For the third consecutive year, Hyper Hypo hosts Queers Read Out Loud, curated by Vassilia Kaga – an evening dedicated to queer discourse through readings, song and poetry.

This year, Queers Read Out Loud III is accompanied by an art exhibition with a common theme: utopia.

From the curator: We collectively question how we imagine, construct and protect the spaces where we can exist, relate and meet. Utopia, as Ursula K. Le Guin wrote, is not perfection. It is the acceptance of the imperfect and the ephemeral; patience in the face of the uncertain and the improvised. We will share universes of different generations, lived or imagined experiences, and narratives from queer icons who have inspired us to imagine alternative ways of being and existing.

Queer hangouts, cruising in parks, impromptu drag scenes, unfiltered conversations in DMs – utopia is not a distant future. It is a crack in the present. An opening, a taste of what’s to come. As José Esteban Muñoz wrote: “The here and now is not enough.” Utopia is that moment when time, for a moment, has stopped. What is left?

Queers Read Out Loud III and the accompanying art exhibition is a collective attempt to remember, to imagine, to re-inhabit. We read and watch, sing and remember – moments of queer utopia, real or imagined, to hold on and keep going.

Can a queer rant be caring?
Can utopia exist, even for a little while?
Yes.

Let’s take back our words.
Let’s rebuild worlds.

Participating in the exhibition:
Charis Vlahos
Chris Echo
Dio Memai
Johnna Sachpazis
Kostis Fokas
Soni Papadopoulos
Thanasis Megkos

Readings by:
Apladi
bitchy 101
Cherry Distress
Chloe Kolyri
Dolly Vara
Elias Karniaris
Harakiri
Kangela Tromokratisch
Klaus
Kristof
Lοο
Miss Trouli
Olivia Typaldos
Panayotis Evangelidis
Parasystemia
Skevi Erotokritou