ART & MULTIMEDIA

FLOWERY MEN

An artist statement or an open letter to the Flowery Men [In the struggle for equality, we stand against economic, social, political and cultural discrimination that restricts and…

CONCHA

CONCHA f (plural conchas) 1. seashell 2. Popular Spanish female name meaning “conception” 3. (vulgar, Latin America) cunt CONCHA is the Spanish word for seashell and also a…

1st QUEER HAIKU CONTEST: The winners

After weeks of waiting COVEN BERLIN finally announces their favorite three submissions of their very first QUEER HAIKU CONTEST, which took place from July 22nd to August 22nd: JOHN WAIBLINGER, ESTHER…

1st QUEER HAIKU CONTEST

Join us in the first QUEER HAIKU CONTEST by COVEN BERLIN! Haikus are the minimal expression of poetry: they rely in the juxtaposition of two poetic images or…

CHALLENGE THE TRADITIONAL ROMANCE NARRATIVE

Stop romanticizing intimate partner violence! Western culture’s traditional gender ideology is woven seamlessly into both fairy tale and dark romance narratives. Central to traditional gender ideology is linking…

ART PORN WEEK: potentia gaudendi

Judy Mièl’s most recent art piece for COVEN BERLIN, a gif installation, represents the carnal, fluid and digitalisible nature of the potent gaudendi or “orgasmic force”, according to the queer…

COFRADÍA DE LOS INVERTIDOS

With the illustration series Cofradía de los Invertidos (2013 by Judy Mièl) COVEN BERLIN inflames the edge between symbols of Catholic cults and emblems of queer rebellion and empowerment – minorities slip into…