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
- Anti-Colonialism
- athletics
- brainwash
- Der Arbeiter-Fotograf
- Everybody Needs a Roof
- Extremist Ideologies
- family ties
- Frontal
- hero pervert
- history of exploitation
- leave the kids alone
- little monsters
- puberty
- purgatory & hell
- REVOLUTIONS
- Sex Ed & Sex Med
- Sound & Vision
- The Future is Black
- Unlearning photography
- Women Power
- WHITE LIES
Contributors
- agata grabowska
- Archivio Marco Pezzi
- Association Ancrages
- Enrico Scuro
- Ericka Florez
- Florence Lazar
- Frédéric Mitterrand
- Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis
- La Caníbal
- leandro feal
- LGBT Resource Center Yekaterinburg
- Louise Shelley
- marc roig blesa
- Philip Wolmuth
- Rijksakademie
- UFIL Pablo Neruda
- Samir Laghouati-Rashwan
- Susoespai
- Terry Dennett
- Werker
- We Are Here
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
Design by Werker, coding by Quentin Creuzet.
CONTACT
Werker
Geldersekade 74
1012 BL Amsterdam
The Netherlands