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Strangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away.
This visual poem is the continuation of a piece performed live at the Civil Disobedience queer festival, 2020, in Athens. The theme of the year was borders, nationalism, identities, tourism and immigration. The ‘Becoming Ithaca’ performance was comprised of three parts. The islander who dresses up in national costume to attract tourists. The soldier defending his island from immigrants. And finally, the man stripped down to his humanity, who inspired the poem.
Borrowing from Plato’s “story within a story” narrative style from the Symposium this short art-porn movie leaves no topic untouched: from the Symposium itself, the nature of love, ancient Greek fem-phobia, modern queer activism in Greece and the toils of masc4masc. Set in locations in and around Athens an Italian tourist is being given a lesson in ALL the Greek ways.
First, they commissioned it and then they banned it. This is the tourism advert the Greek National Tourism Organisation doesn’t want you to see. Recently hacked from the government database we give you Athens as you deserve it.
Can two porn actors navigate their romance towards marriage?
It is the year 2014 Greece is under the shadow of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Things are looking grim for gay rights until a small group of gay men decides to take matters into their own hands. This homage to the legendary Bruce LaBruce film brings a fresh view of our community's relations to politics and the social media.