AMATOR ARCHIVES:
On Queer Reproduction
Amator Archives (from the Latin amātor: lover) is an open platform initiated by Werker Collective to support the production of political imagination through processes of counter-archiving, self-publishing and collective study. […]
Reading Room:
On Queer Reproduction
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The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions. Larry Mitchell. Illustrated by Ned Asta. Nightboat Books. New York 1977.
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Square Peg No 3. Cranford Press. Croydon 1983.
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Der Eigene #1/13 Juli 1930. Der Eigene: Ein Blatt für Männliche Kultur. Das Beste aus der ersten Homosexuellenzeitschrift der Welt. Joachim S. Hohmann. Foerster Verlag Frankfurt / Berlin 1981.
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Photography / Politics: Two. Jo Spence, Patricia Holland, Simon Watney. Photography Workshop. London 1986.
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What’s Love (or Care, Intimacy, Warmth, Affection) Got to Do with it? e-flux journal. Sternberg Press, Berlin 2017.
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Dits et écrits II, 1976-1988. Foucault, Michel. Paris: Gallimard, 2001.
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La lutte sexuelle des jeunes. Reich, Wilhelm. Paris: Editions Maspero, 1972.
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Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus. Allan, Jonathan A. London: Zed Books, 2016.
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Estradot Skies: On Trans Reproduction. Iarlaith Ni Fheorais. London 2022.
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Deproduction Part I. Names Have Been Changed (Excerpt). Sound/Reading for Incest Porn by Terre Thaemlitz.
Categories
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Contributors
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About
Amator Archives (from the Latin amātor: lover) is an open source platform initiated by Werker Collective to support the production of political imagination through processes of counter-archiving, self-publishing and collective study. The materials in the archive are classified in crates (categories) and shelves (narratives) by its users, in function of their research needs. In 2020/22, during a residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Werker designed and produced a modular system in order to make the archive a space for hosting with the possibility of traveling. This website documents the ongoing processes taking place in the different iterations of the Amator Archives.
In 2009 Werker started collecting documents and visual materials with the mission of preserving and spreading the legacy of self-organised documentary practices. These documents originate from second-hand bookstores and flea markets, donated by friends and comrades, or are produced during the collective’s artistic and activist collaborations. Since then the initiative grew into an archive of more than 3000 historical and contemporary documents and is ever-expanding. The archive is physically located in the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood of Amsterdam and is regularly activated through conversations, workshops, performances, installations and publications.
Amator Archives: On Queer Reproduction. Rijks Open Studios 2022, Amsterdam. Photo: Sander van Wettum
Amator Archives: On Queer Reproduction. Rijks Open Studios 2022, Amsterdam. Photo: Sander van Wettum
Amator Archives: On Queer Reproduction. Rijks Open Studios 2022, Amsterdam. Photo: Werker
Amator Archives: On Queer Reproduction. Rijks Open Studios 2022, Amsterdam. Photo: Sander van Wettum
Amator Archives: On Queer Reproduction. Rijks Open Studios 2022, Amsterdam. Photo: Sander van Wettum
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Amator Archives: On Practices of Self-Determination. With Andrin Kabashi, Toska Saliju, Endrit Tasholli, Termokiss, Hyjneshat, Dylberizm, Jeta Rexa, Linda Gusia, Genta Shabani, Rina Meta, Nita Deda. Manifesta 14: ‘it matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise’. Centre for Narrative Practice. Prishtina, Kosovo 2022. With the generous support of Institut Ramon Llull, Mondriaan Fund.
Amator Archives: On Queer Reproduction. With Georgy Mamedov, Natalia Ruhe, Pierre Gramond-Dodet, Moa Holgersson, JeanPaul Paula, Leendert Vooijce, Nell Schwan, Marc Roig Blesa, Joy Mariama Smith, Iarlaith Ni Fheorais, Rogier Delfos, Margot Schmidt, Aliki Marketou. Rijksakademie Open Studios. Amsterdam 2022. With the generous support of Institut Ramon Llull, Acción Cultural Española.
INSTALLATION
Design by Werker with Stephan Kuderna, Roger Cremers, Pieter Verweij, Monique de Wilt, Marianne Pijnenburg, Seamus Cater.
WEBSITE
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CONTACT
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BLACK MALE / WHITE MALE. Rotimi Fani-Kayode. De Woelrat / GMP. Amsterdam / London 1988.
THE DEVIL’S: EEN BLAD VOOR SADOMASOCHISTEN VOOR BELGIE EN NEDERLAND. (no date).
LE MUSÉE DU FETICHISME. Roland Villeneuve. Editions Henri Veyrier. Paris 1973.
NUDE PROSTITUTES IN COLONIAL SUMATRA: THE EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF CARL J. KLEINGROTHE. Saigon Erotiq Publications 2020.
SMOOTH: FOR THOSE APPRECIATIVE OF THE SENSUAL PROPERTIES OF RUBER. No. 60. Swish Publications Ltd. London circa 1970.
JEUNE ARABE. Lehnert & Landrock. Tunisia circa 1920.
DON: REISE-TIPS FÜR HOMO-TRIPS. Frankfurt 1979.
GARÇONS DE JOIE: PROSTITUTION MASCULINE 1860-1960. Éditions Galerie au Bonheur du Jour. Paris 2018.
DÉTECTIVE 6e Année - No 258: LE MARIN TRAQUÉ. Paris 5 octobre 1933.
ENQUÊTE SUR LA SEXUALITÉ AU MAROC. Gianni de Martino. GAI PIED HEBDO No. 153. Paris 1985.
XY MAGAZINE #41 PSYCO. Peter Ian Cummings. San Diego 2003.
XY MAGAZINE #34 SPECIAL ISSUE. Peter Ian Cummings. San Francisco 2001.
A BOY SITTING ON A BENCH IN GLOEDEN’S GARDEN. Wilhelm von Gloeden. Taormina circa 1895.
HELIOS Nr. 126. Unabhängige Monatsschrift für naturnahe Lebenskultur. Rudolf Zitzmann, Adolf Koch. Rudolf Zitzmann Verlag. Nürnberg 1961.
THE WORLD OF TRANSVESTISM Vol. 19, No. 4. Swish Publications. London circa 1980.
XY MAGAZINE #31 SCENE. Peter Ian Cummings. San Francisco 1999.
DON INTERNATIONAL Nr. 3/4 2. Jahrgang: MAGAZINE FÜR FREUNDE. Gerhard H. August. Köln, April 1971.
I RAGAZZI DEL ’77 #2. Enrico Scuro. Bologna 1977.
LE MUSÉE DE LA BESTIALITÉ. Roland Villeneuve. Éditions Veyrier. Paris 1973.
NACKT UNTER NACKTEN: UTOPIEN DER NACKTKULTUR 1906–1942. Ulf Erdmann Ziegler. Verlag Dirk Nishen GmbH & Co KG. Berlin 1990.
IDOLS: Gilles Larrain. Ralph Gibson. Links Books. New York 1973.
BUTT No 28. Gert Jonkers, Jop van Bennekom. Amsterdam 2010.
DU + ICH, Heft 2. Alexander Ziegler. Leine-Verlags GmbH. Hannover, September 1974.
SQUARE PEG No 3. Cranford Press. Croydon 1983.
DER EIGENE: EIN BLATT FÜR MÄNNLICHE KULTUR. Joachim S. Hohmann. Foerster Verlag. Frankfurt / Berlin 1981.
VOLKSFOTO: ZEITUNG FÜR FOTOGRAFIE Nr. 1–6. Dieter Hacker, Andreas Seltzer. Zweitausendeins. Frankfurt am Main 1981.
KULTURGESCHICHTE DER EROTIK, Band 10. Ludwig Knoll. Moewig Verlag Rastatt. Stuttgart 1982.
DON INTERNATIONAL: MAGAZINE FÜR FREUNDE, Nr. 2 2. Jahrgang. Köln, Februar 1971.
MIKE: TADZIO OF THE NINETIES. Photos by BIRON. Janssen Verlag. Berlin 1995.
BOYS No. 3. Philippe Brémard. Univers Presses. Paris circa 1978.
IT’S ONLY NATURAL: THE PHILOSOPHY OF NUDISM. William Welby. Thorsons Publishers. London 1937.
BROOKLYN BOYS. Danny Fitzgerald and Les Demi Dieux. Edited by Robert Loncar and James Kempster. Bruno Gmünder. Berlin 2013.
SILENT WITNESSES: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE AMSTERDAM POLICE ARCHIVES. Martin Harlaar, Richard Hengeveld, Jan Pieter Koster, Anne Roos. Uitgeverij Thoth. Bussum 1998.
GAY NEWS No. 28. #2 Gay News Publishing Limited. London 1984.
DU + ICH, Heft 7, 10. Jahrgang. Alexander Ziegler. Leine-Verlags GmbH. Hannover, Juli 1978.
BOY WITH HEADBAND. Wilhelm von Gloeden. Taormina 1902.
A STANDING BOY DRESSED IN GREEK GARB, IN GLOEDEN’S GARDEN. Wilhelm von Gloeden. Taormina 1902.
VOLUPTUOUS PANIK: THE EROTIC WORLD OF WEIMAR BERLIN. Mel Gordon. Feral House. Port Townsend 2000.
A CLASS APART: THE PRIVATE PICTURES OF MONTAGUE GLOVER. James Gardiner. Serpent’s tail. London 1992.
DER EIGENE: EIN BLATT FÜR MÄNNLICHE KULTUR #2. Joachim S. Hohmann. Foerster Verlag. Frankfurt / Berlin 1981.
GALLERY OF MEN II: A PHOTO BOOK OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MALE NUDE POSTCARD IMAGES FROM TEN YEARS OF EDITION MEN’S ART. Janssen Publishers. Berlin, circa 1990.
CHARLOTTE, SALOME, VERONIKA: TRAVESTITEN. Susann Hillebrand, Irmgard Johannson. Rogner & Bernhard. München 1978.
DON INTERNATIONAL Nr. 3/4 2. Jahrgang: MAGAZINE FÜR FREUNDE #2. Gerhard H. August. Köln, April 1971.
The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions. Larry Mitchell. Illustrated by Ned Asta. Nightboat Books. New York 1977.
Square Peg No 3. Cranford Press. Croydon 1983.
Der Eigene #1/13 Juli 1930. Der Eigene: Ein Blatt für Männliche Kultur. Das Beste aus der ersten Homosexuellenzeitschrift der Welt. Joachim S. Hohmann. Foerster Verlag Frankfurt / Berlin 1981.
Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus. Allan, Jonathan A. London: Zed Books, 2016.
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