Description
Panel "Queer & Sober in Berlin”
with Vlady Schklover (Moderation), Dipl. Psych. Dr. Gisela Fux Wolf, Sarnt Utamachote, Andre Fau
In cooperation with Lemonade Queers and as part of a project on queer loneliness supported by the Senate, we invite you to a panel discussion on: “Queer & Sober in Berlin”.
This panel offers an important opportunity to understand the challenges of sobriety in the queer community and the specific loneliness associated with this journey.
We would like to welcome you not only as listeners, but also as active contributors, to discuss these important issues together. Please send us your questions and ideas in advance by email.
The panel will be divided into three main topics:
Consumption in the Queer Community: we want to discuss consumption in the queer scene without condemning it. Why is consumption so strong in the queer community? Why do most queer events take place in places where consumption can intensify?
Queer and Sober Dating: How do I date sober? We want to talk about new approaches. How can we date differently, healthier? Which new formats could be exciting?
Queer and Sober Life in Berlin: How can I live sober in Berlin? We want to talk about ideas, approaches and possibilities of what life after consumption can look like. The focus is on motivation, inspiration and hope.
Panellists:
• Vlady Schklover(moderator): Founder of Lemonade Queers, queer, author, director, musician and performing artist from Berlin.
• Dipl. Psych. Dr. Gisela Fux Wolf (no pronouns): After years of queer educational work, Gisela works as a psychological psychotherapist in an independent group practice in Berlin and previously conducted research on queer topics such as lesbian women’s health and healthcare for trans* and non-binary people.
• Sarnt Utamachote: Southeast Asian non-binary filmmaker and curator based in Berlin. Co-founder of un.thai.tled, an artist collective from the German-Thai diaspora and curated numerous film events and exhibitions on postcolonial histories, Southeast Asian diaspora and activism.
• Andre Fau: DJ and visual artist from São Paulo who lives in Berlin. As a member and resident of the collectives TrashEra and Genderlich, he has been active in the sphere of electronic music for three decades and also organises underground parties.
Vlady is an interdisciplinary artist, director, and producer from Berlin. He is the founder and host of “Lemonade Queers,” “Queers in Music,” the “Queerdom Variety Show,” and one of Berlin’s biggest drag festivals this year, “DRAGIFY.” His shows have been successfully performed at venues such as Ballhaus Prinzenallee, Gretchen, Pride House, Schwuz, Weiße Rose, and Platte. He is the winner of the Queer Slam and was a selected reader at the LGBTQIA Authors Festival LITFEST Cologne in 2022. His music spans from epic pop to EDM pop, using avant-garde fashion, video projections, and poetic lyrics to narrate the struggles, highs, and lows of a queer man’s life. Vlady will take you on a theatrical journey of life, love, and self-discovery through song and poetry.
Belonging versus loneliness: everybody can feel lonely sometimes.
As human beings we have a natural longing for social connection and support by others. Due to individual and structural discrimination queer people have an ever higher risk to suffer from chronic loneliness.
In cooperation with theLandesstelle für Gleichbehandlung – (Berlin State Office for the Equality of Treatment – against Discrimination) hat sich we are village | queer matters has set itself the goal for 2023/24 to offer some programming on the issue of loneliness in the queer community.
We have also created a survey to find out more about your experiences of loneliness. With your help, we can create a better program that meets your needs and with which we can create more togetherness!
General Information:
This event will be in German and/or English depending on the needs of the participants.
Please feel free to ask questions in advance at info(@)wearevillage.org.
