SVERGOGNAT* Queer Festival

October 25-26-27 | SVERGOGNAT* Queer Festival

The revolution is in the province!
It is a revolution, it is a necessity, it is a hope.
Just one year ago in the city of Andria a femicide occurred and over time there have been numerous acts of violence against homosexual or vulnerable people. In Italy, in 2024, there are 65 femicides and 149 acts of violence towards people in the Lgbtqia+ community. Today, surrogacy becomes a universal crime.
Do we need a revolution?
We need it extremely.
To expand the debate, here is the "coming out" of the first queer festival in Bat: SVERGOGNAT* Queer Festival
On October 25-26-27, at Officina San Domenico, three days of talks, performances, workshops, films, and many experiences thanks to the presence of Chiara Tagliaferri, Madonnafreeda, Giancarlo Visitili, Mica Macho, @narraction Eleonora Marocchini, Riccardo Cannone, and many others.
The festival, which takes its name from the homonymous collective active since 2021, aims to challenge stereotypes, recognize the complexity of our existence, and propose a queer perspective: overturning the paradigms that we have used until now to rethink reality, society, and politics.

PROGRAM:

FRIDAY OCTOBER 25
? 5:00 PM – Education of the teenage gay
Theatrical performance by Riccardo Cannone and Andrea Di Eva
A novel of sexual, emotional, political, and artistic formation with a commentary of electronic music and fragments of hyper-commercial songs. A boy from the province takes us by the hand into his life, from the early 60s to the late 70s, constantly questioning how his sexual orientation could have been stigmatized as guilt, sin, illness.
? 7:00 PM – Where does our protest come from
With Sergio Racanati, artist, performer, and poet, we will retrace the milestones + screening of "Mariuccia"
A dialogue to learn about the decisive battles for the rights and dignity of millions of people. From the early Pride marches in the 70s, when being visible meant challenging a hostile world, to the conquest of equal marriage.
Followed by the screening of "Mariuccia", a short film that explores the meeting between Mariuccia Secol and Sergio Racanati. A collection of intimate moments and feminist fight stories, highlighting Mariuccia's friendship with Milli Gandini and their claims as women, mothers, and artists.
? 9:00 PM – Screening of "Orlando, my Political Biography" by Paul B. Preciado
A documentary shot about a century after the publication of Virginia Woolf's Orlando, the first novel in which the protagonist changes gender in the middle of the story.
It explores a world in transformation, where change involves not only gender, but also poetry, love, and identity, in a poetic and political journey.
Duration 98’. Recommended viewing +13
? 11:00 PM – Party. Dj set with Playgirls from Caracas
A queer project based in Rome. In their dj sets, they blend different genres with provocative videos. Since 2020, they have been producing remixes and releasing songs like the queer anthem "S.T.A.R.". They have collaborated with Gucci for events and content.
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 26
?? Morning
Power games: consent
Workshop by Valeria Blandizzi Psychologist Sexologist
And many other activities like yoga, cinema, photography, clay
? 5:00 PM – Learning complexity
Talk with Giancarlo Visitilli and Eleonora Marocchini
If it is true that education is capable of creating tools for change, is it possible to have an education that educates towards complexity, a queer education? We will imagine a school that embraces all the complexities of our being: identity, emotions, and neurodiversity
? 7:00 PM – Freedom and liberation in P4l3st1n4
Talk with madonnafreeeda
A selection of stories and poems to give space to voices of resistance and hope in an increasingly painful context. Literature as a tool of self-determination, generating spaces of visibility and solidarity
? 9:00 PM – Morgana. The body of the Mother
Book presentation with Chiara Tagliaferri
With this third volume, the extraordinary literary and political project that Michela Murgia and Chiara Tagliaferri started in 2019 with a very successful podcast that later became the first book in the famous series concludes: Morgana.
? 11:00 PM – Queer party
Dj set with Sexy Pummarola
An exclusive selection on vinyl with five secret ingredients: doublemento, Naples sound, Italian disco, rare gems, and tasty synthesizers. Get ready to dance to the taste rhythm!
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 27
?? Morning
Let's draw our superheroes
Workshop by Massimiliano di Lauro
What is the perfect male body?
Workshop by MICA macho
And many other activities like yoga, cinema, photography, clay
? 5:00 PM – How to re-imagine the history of art?
Talk with Giosuè Prezioso, Sergio Racanati
Feedback from Mica macho
"Write down the names of the first 3 artists that come to your mind in 7 seconds". With this experiment, we problematize the teaching of art, a field built and dominated by white Western men. A journey through education, work, racism, and disability, to imagine plural and varied art histories
? 7:00 PM – Narrating spaces of resistance
Talk with Valentina Amenta Ilaria Crippi
Marginality is, remembering bell hooks, a place of radical possibility, a space of resistance. A dialogue on spaces to claim: a southern feminism that overturns hegemonic narratives; "neutral" places that do not show preference for able bodies; unusual scenarios of different visions
? 8:00 PM - BIGX: 10 years of trans feminist activism
Sneak peek X edition BIG festival with Tita Tummillo and Miki Gorizia
The directors of the Bari International Gender festival will be with us to tell us the entire journey that the Festival has gone through to blow out 10 candles. After watching a short film about BIG, they will tell us about the next edition of the Festival.
? 9:00 PM – Erotic carnet
Performance by and with Francesca Zaccaria
A collection of studies starting from the smallest possible form placed on a blank surface. Short or more composed creations, authorial wanderings between sensations and meaning regarding the erotic. The body dresses in images, the form dresses in other forms, and the imagination can "emancipate" itself
? 11:00 PM – Queer party
Dj set with Amina Bisogno
Resident dj of the Officina,
From studio recording rehearsals to a careful selection of Funky, House, Synth-pop, Electro sounds, and much more… Despite being at home, making its audience dance is always like the first time

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To participate in the Festival, you can buy individual tickets, daily passes (with access to all activities), or full Festival passes.
Tickets available on DICE or at the box office during the three days of the festival.
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