“PT SI” — MPATARIA poetry slam

I fall and fly/I fly and fall/PT SI = ptHsi and ptOsi in harmony/I fly in the clouds/ A point where we neither fly nor fall/Fall into the void/Where did my nightingale fly, where did it leave me/The fall of Icarus/Flight 201/*

MPATARIA invites you to a poetry slam that explores the space-time of this increasingly scarce suspension. In a city where space is a privilege rather than a right, we, the poets of MPATARIA, like fallen angels (lol) of the social cischaos, continue to search, now imaginatively, for conditions of coexistence with harsh reality. We send out an SOS and declare a forced landing at KET.

Two years after our performances at the old Communitism building at 28 Kerameikos Street, we insist on returning with the same intensity and seeking new opportunities to externalize our internal processes.

Program:

19:30 – doors

20:00 – start

23:00 – end

*Come early to enjoy drinks and discover books, zines, and publications from the MPATARIA community.

*There will be a donation box at the door for the event expenses.

*Poets T.B.A.

*’Ptosi’ means ‘falling’ in greek, while ‘ptisi’ means ‘flying’.

Poster: ZirlarΜordΩ

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A few words about MPATARIA:

MPATARIA is an effort to establish and collect micro-publishing ventures that do not belong to large organizations and structures.

It is a communication platform that embraces and promotes autonomous actions aimed at highlighting and recording DIY creations such as: zines, publications, pamphlets, poetry collections, comics, artworks, and handicrafts by queer individuals and other marginalized groups.

The logo of MPATARIA (the handmade potato battery) symbolizes the self-illuminating artistic energy that springs from personal research, whether successful or not. It presents the project as a constantly evolving experiment that is not based on the result, but on the creators’ need to share stories, traumas, and survival strategies.

A virtual label that brings together and hosts smaller projects without a permanent home and seeks, through zine fairs, performance events, poetry slams, readings, workshops, discussions, and art exhibitions, to transform and evolve with them into something universally greater.

MPATARIA is an initiative by artist Mochi Georgiou that was born out of the Queer Ink publishing project. Focusing on the DIY aesthetic of zine culture and poetry slams, MPATARIA proposes a new creative immediacy through which individuals express themselves and exchange information.

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