Truths

liminal searches for truths in the digital – and not only – world.

We invite you to a series of workshops with the performance artist, poet and director Thomas Diafas.

A poster for the "Truths" workshop with Thomas Diafas. The background features a series of distorted, out-of-focus images, layered with digital fonts and fragmented into their digital color components. The composition evokes the visual glitches of videotape breakdowns or digital screen errors. The lab details are presented in bold white capital letters within black frames, creating a striking contrast against the chaotic backdrop.

In the workshop, we will explore, with tools from performance art, filmmaking, as well as Queer and Crip theories, issues related to digital (in)equality, equal access to performing arts and intersectionality.

In the workshops, we will explore questions related to accessibility and visibility in the digital world, such as:

  • Is technology empowering and enabling independence, or does it risk alienating people with disabilities?
  • Does technology reproduce or combat social inequalities?
  • How does the digital world respond to the experiences of people with disabilities?

👉 The team that will be formed will co-create digital works, a mini documentary and a fanzine.

Through the workshop and its follow-up initiatives, we aim to create a platform for representation and foster a space for dialogue that challenges the one-dimensional portrayal of people with disabilities in the media and digital world.

The workshop consists of six sessions: three online and three in-person, held in our Choros. Starting Tuesday, March 4th, and every subsequent Tuesday at 6pm.

Registration until 24/02/2025

Useful information

When: From Tuesday 4/3 and every Tuesday until 8/4 Time: 18:00-19:30 (with a break)

Where: Choros, 6 Theatrou Square, 10552, Athens, Greece Accessibility:

  • Interpretation in GSL.
  • The venue is wheelchair accessible and includes a disabled toilet.

The action is implemented in the framework of the INCLUDE+ (The Inclusion Digital Economy Network +) research project of the University of Leeds.

Thomas Diafas

A man with curly brown curls falling on his forehead and a moustache looks at the camera with a soft smile.

Thomas Diafas, a queer Greek-Dominican artist, cultural administrator, and educator, was born in 1987 in Thessaloniki, Greece. His work spans multiple fields, including the performing arts, where he developed the concept of ‘Performing the Real’—an approach that explores the boundaries between art and reality

As an artist, he focuses on community-oriented projects and uses art as a tool for social change, with a focus on issues such as education, mental health, and the rights of the LGBTQ+ community.

He founded the Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival to create a platform where artists can explore identity and challenge social norms.

He lives in Berlin, where he continues to expand his artistic practice, focusing on care practices, the healing of intergenerational trauma, and community collaboration.