topic: QUEER medium: TEXT I used to try to deflect the “are you gay?” question. If I said no, I’d be lying to the world and myself. If I said yes, I’d be sentencing myself to a life of oppression. What’s a 15 year old to do? My life has […]
topic: QUEER medium: TEXT For me, queer is, it’s a really broad word, but specifically to me I use that to identify myself b/c I don’t see it as so black and white as the word gay or lesbian. It’s the epitome of the whole spectrum, so I’m somewhere under […]
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: VIDEO
topic: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT medium: VIDEO
topic: DREAMS medium: Photos A rainy Saturday afternoon set the stage for the Pentales Evening at Retramp Gallery. All around the area, bars, galleries, and shops stayed open for the annual 48 Stunden Neukölln arts and culture festival. Many curious faces peered through the large storefront window, wiping at condensation […]
DREAMS I like to attend funerals. Some people like balls and parties, some like weddings; but not me, I much prefer sadder gatherings. I like to practice, you see, for when my turn comes. I’m a perfectionist. I want to die properly, correctly, regally. Some of these dead people […]
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: VIDEOS Check out these videos from the PenTales Crime and Punishment salon nights in 2010. The series includes stories by our friends Carlos Velazquez, Richard Boenigk, Nicole Burdette, Hamish Allan-Headley, Toby Miller, Will Carlough, Tom Zoellner, Kate Fink, Yesim Ak, Toby Miller, Sofia Paraskeva, and Alexandra Zelman-Doring. […]
topic: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Crime and Punishment” Ich hatte noch nichts gefangen, alles schien so wie immer zu laufen, auszusehen, der See, an der betreffenden Stelle an der ich immer stand, Sonntags um diese Zeit.Die regelmäßigen Kirchenbesuche hatte ich ohnehin schon […]
