2024
performers: Alvina Chamberland, Huntrezz Janos, Mochi Georgiou, Antigoni Bunny
Music: Composition by Lykourgos Porfyris, originally composed for the performance BUD by Rosa Moshtaghi commissioned by Carte Blanche
Ta Troktika - Εντερικό Καλοκαιράκι, 2014
Alvina Champerland is reciting from her newly released novel "Love the World or Get Killed Trying" (Noemi Press, March 2024)
For Mochi’s film shooting: special thanks to John Nikolopoulos for helping with the cinematography and Katerina Spyrou for assistance with production
New Suns is a three-channel sci-fi film that becomes a poetic speculation of a post-apocalyptic future where the downfall of the monumental fosters a fragmented stage for performing acts of queer survival, pleasure, transformation, and ecological and planetary regeneration. "There’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns," wrote Octavia Butler, a phrase that suggests hope and the possibility of renewal or transformation, despite the repetition of historical patterns. It reflects the idea of a new future or perspective, even in a cyclical, seemingly unchanging world. In this world, rising waters generate a radical energy that dismantles Western and colonial mythologies, enabling a re-evaluation of hegemonic grand narratives towards a queer futurity that is both a demolishing and constructive force. New Suns suggests that if we trust the elemental wisdom of the turbulent waters, new suns may rise, and hope may appear on the horizon of a dystopian world.
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