”๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด; ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐บ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ด โ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด…”
โEdmund White on visiting New Yorkโs Flamingo club in the late 1970s
Communities are born through joyful transformation, when people discover new possibilities together while resisting, inventing, or activating something that is already in play. Yet, the hopefulness that comes with the word “community” has also been weaponized as an engine of normative power and capital.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ 35๐๐ป, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ.
To build community means to feel represented because you can influence others and in turn be influenced by them. But to create community also means we must be open to intimacy and risk being wounded. Just as intimacy and closeness can be enabling, they can also be sources of coercion, manipulation, and exploitation. Within every community lies both unity and vulnerability.
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ค๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ด๐บ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค.
The feeling of belonging to a community can be exhilarating. But when reduced to an imperative to have always โgood relationshipsโ with everyone and everything, community becomes simplistic and reactionary. Love and friendship can be contorted to erase power relations and systemic violence, enforcing obedience to oppressive norms of politeness or devotion.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
How do we create these communities? How do we relate to them? Who is this โweโ? How do we affect each other? Is it through those knowing smiles and the electric glances that pass around when a certain drop happens in a track, or a particular sound or riff comes in, that creates synergy with the vibe everybodyโs on?
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
A community is open โ not to everyone, of course, but to the initiates sworn to a bond of love. A community is a horizontal pattern of complicity, alliance and affinities. Through shared experiences we make changes by building a common history together. Letโs reinvent how we love each other and remember that community is love, solidarity is love, collaboration is love โ collective love, where we look out for each other.
GEGEN Community is an ode to the power found among our partners in crime and love.
โ 5 Dancefloors
โ Free Cloakroom
โ Free Fruits
โ Swimming Pool
โ Gegen Yellow Vest Awareness Team
โ Sidekicks / Sonar Harm Reduction Stand
โ Sexy Balconies
โ Performance Arts
โ Official Photographers: Raf&Way & Zbigniew Kotkiewicz
