Featured events


7-9 September 2012
Brussels Games
Brussels

Brussels Gay Sports will offer a weekend of fun and fairplay in the capital of Europe, with volleyball, swimming, badminton, and tennis, as well as fitness and hiking.

Learn more HERE.
26-28 October 2012
QueergamesBern
Bern, Switzerland

The success of the first edition of the QueergamesBern proved the need for an LGBT multisport event in Switzerland. This year will be even bigger, with badminton, bowling, running, walking, floorball.

Learn more HERE.
17-20 January 2013
Sin City Shootout
Las Vegas
The 7th Sin City Shootout will feature softball, ice hockey, tennis, wrestling, basketball, dodgeball, bodybuilding and basketball.

Learn more HERE.

13-16 June 2013
IGLFA Euro Cup
Dublin
After this year's edition in Budapest at the EuroGames, the IGLFA Euro Cup heads to Dublin for 2013, hosted by the Dublin Devils and the Dublin Phoenix Tigers.

Learn more HERE.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

22 April 2011 / SYNCHRO from QueerSport LAB

All info on this event can be found HERE.

Immerse yourself in the underwater world of synchronized swimmers. The night before the opening of Pièce de Résistance is dedicated to the social and aesthetic appeal, the queer character and political agenda of male synchronized swimming. Documentaries, discussion and performances. Please RSVP.

18:00 - 20:30 Two documentaries
Between 18:00 - 20:30 we'll be showing two documentaries. 
"Men Who Swim Together" (2010) is a Swedish-British film by Dylan Williams, and French director Louis Dupont made the wonderful "Les Garçons de la Piscine" (2009).

20:30 - 21:30 Debate
A panel discussion will start at 20:30, consisting of Christian Bordeleau (synchronized swimmer), Adham Hafex (choreographer and artist), Renaud Barral (synchronized swimmer) and Zeljko Blace (artist, researcher and activist). A video installation by Malak Helmy will be shown, as well as a performance by Goran Turnsek: "Waterbeest" ("Beast of the Water").

21:30 - 24:00 Audio-visual performance

by Volksmenner DDR & VJ Warschau


More information
Doors open at 17:30. Program starts at 18:00. Location: Mediamatic Bank, Vijzelstraat 68, Amsterdam. This event is part of Pièce de Résistance, an exhibition and laboratory. Become a researcher and contribute to a large archive of stories and objects of resistance. Entrance fee is € 5,-, students are subject to a 50% discount, 65+ gets in for free.

In collaboration with Upstream Amsterdam and Men's Cup.

1 comment:

zeljko blace said...

permanent web of the project is
http://www.QueerSport.info/