Start: June 20
End: June 29
Visiting hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 17:00 – 20:30 and Saturday, Sunday: 11:00 – 15:00.
No wheelchair access.
Through the portraits and narration of five middle-aged and older people, the past, present and future of an LGBTQI+ generation comes to the fore. A generation lived oppressed, struggled in a conservative society, and experienced discrimination and sexual harassment. Dared to transition. Went through the complications of AIDS and mourned the loss of dear friends and lovers. Was emancipated through the struggles of the LGBTQI+ movement. Celebrated visibility at Pride. Saluted the cohabitation pact and same sex marriage.
A generation that is now facing the adversities coming along with aging and the elderly life.
An installation of photographic portraits and a video projection. Viewers have the option to extend their experience by scanning a QR code to view on their mobile phones the testimonies of the persons depicted in the portraits.
Photography: Efstratia Katsafarou
Cinematography: Georgios Giannopoulos.
Curation: Yorgos Fragakis
Supervision: Michalis Sakellariou
Created by: Rainbow Seniors, an association for the support of LGBTQI+ seniors.
Artist Bios
Efstratia Katsafarou
She was born and raised in Athens. She studied psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and law at the Democritus University of Thrace. In 2018, she participated in a group exhibition-project titled “One Minute
Athens” at the Benaki Museum building with a short film about the architecture and contrasts of the city, an initiative organized by the Museum’s Archives of Modern Greek Architecture Archives (M.G.A.A.). Over the past two years, she has been more systematically engaged in photography.
Georgios Giannopoulos
He was born in Athens in 1975 and studied electrical engineering and computer science. In 2004 he became a teacher of computer science, and in recent years has been working at a vocational night school in Exarchia, Athens. He is studying photography and audiovisual arts at the University of West Attica.