amour sur mintel@Wrocław

AMOUR SUR MINITEL (Wroclaw, 7/2019)

A meeting summarizing the four-week long research residence of Irène Mélix (Dresden), who came to Wrocław as a result of this year’s call for artists from European partner cities. Activist explored the history of the Wrocław LGBTIQ community during her residency. As part of the “Amour Sur Minitel” project, Mélix focused on researching the history of advertisements and announcements of lesbians from Wrocław, who in the course of several decades – especially during the soviet period and after the political changes, but still before the time of wide access to the Internet – were forced to look for their other half by publishing advertisements in daily press or in magazines not necessarily accessible to a wide audience.
The result of her research is a zin designed together with a Wrocław-based graphic designer Ewa Rebeca Służyńska. The promotion of the publication was complemented by a conversation with Krzyśek Kliszczyński from the Lambda Association in Warsaw and Klemens Jakubowski from the Culture of Equality in Wrocław, as well as a pop-up sound installation “Lonely Hearts”.

 

Landscape photo, divided into two halves. The left half of the image shows a detailed view of the white base from above. A zine is clamped under the black speaker, which is opened. Both sides show black printed text, the left side also has a pink illustration of a running heart. The right half of the picture shows the view over the shoulder of a person with short hair, who holds a zine in his hand and reads in it. In the background sit blurred other people.

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Last Monday we met with Irène Mélix to summarise her research residence. Activist came to Wrocław to study and analyse the history of non-heteronormative women who, over last few decades, have tried to get to know their soul mate⤵

“It’s hard to end with the loneliness when you use Lonely Hearts section, but I still haven’t given up and I’m still looking for a real partner here.”

Big thanks for a cooperation with those amazing Wrocław-based artists ERS & Agata Kalinowska and for support of Kultura Równości, QueerStoria. Biblioteka i Archiwum Lambdy Warszawa

Lonely Hearts, high five for great atmosphere!

photos by Agata Kalinowska

Landscape photo divided into two halves. The left half of the picture shows the corner view of a white painted room with parquet floor, in the corner of which there is a white pedestal with a loudspeaker. On the right wall hang five small color photographs in a row, depicting standing people. The right half of the picture is taken up by a brown, rusty wall with a pink poster pinned to it. The inscription says: Irène Mélix, Amour sur Minitel. And in handwritten script across the poster: lonely hearts - call me! Below are small logos and other text printed. photos by Agata Kalinowska
Landscape photo, divided into two halves. The left half of the image shows a detailed view of the white base from above. A zine is clamped under the black speaker, which is opened. Both sides show black printed text, the left side also has a pink illustration of a running heart. The right half of the picture shows the view over the shoulder of a person with short hair, who holds a zine in his hand and reads in it. In the background sit blurred other people.
Room view of a podium event, where is photographed from the third row of spectators on the podium. The walls are painted with black and white stripes and ornaments, the room is black and white, slanted tiled. The chairs are made of wood and some spectators:inside can be seen from behind. Three people are seated on the podium, the faces of the two on the left are pixelated. They are casually dressed and wear short hair. The person on the right seems to be explaining something, she raises her arm and her face reveals her to be the artist Irène Mélix. She wears short brown hair and a black and white striped T-shirt.
Room view of the audience of the panel event, photographed from the front left. The audience is seated from wooden and reclining chairs. The back wall is green, from the ceiling hang some objects made of shiny paper, on the left edge of the picture there is a high window in the crop. The people are casually dressed and young, some have a drink in their hand or are leafing through the zine, their faces are pixelated. Attention is directed towards the stage.