The KRM Research Space hosts artists who engage with archival materials in diverse ways. In 2025, Danila Lipatov embarks on a search for queer subcultures in 1980s East Germany. An Open Studio will be held on April 12, followed by a research presentation on May 23.
From March to May, artist Danila Lipatov explores queer self-organized structures and everyday acts of protest in the late GDR. He focuses on subcultures as islands of disobedience within the system. He collects material in the form of ephemera and fragments: transcribed interviews with eyewitnesses and archivists, correspondences through messages and emails, photographed book pages, sounds and songs, film and television episodes.Danila Lipatov: “By sharing these findings with old and new friends, we cautiously approach these traces to collectively uncover the utopian potentials of historical queer cultures”.
Born in the former Soviet Union, Danila Lipatov first studied translation at the Moscow State Linguistic University before graduating from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in 2023. His multimedia works (installation, performance, video) and artistic workshops employ autofictional methods and filmic-performative reconstructions of archival and interview fragments. He also collaborates with Karen Zimmermann and various friends to create queer spaces that weave together personal stories, facts and fictions, challenging established structures.
The KRM Research Space hosts artists who engage with archival materials in diverse ways. In 2025, Danila Lipatov embarks on a search for queer subcultures in 1980s East Germany. An Open Studio will be held on April 12, followed by a research presentation on May 23.
From March to May, artist Danila Lipatov explores queer self-organized structures and everyday acts of protest in the late GDR. He focuses on subcultures as islands of disobedience within the system. He collects material in the form of ephemera and fragments: transcribed interviews with eyewitnesses and archivists, correspondences through messages and emails, photographed book pages, sounds and songs, film and television episodes.Danila Lipatov: “By sharing these findings with old and new friends, we cautiously approach these traces to collectively uncover the utopian potentials of historical queer cultures”.
Born in the former Soviet Union, Danila Lipatov first studied translation at the Moscow State Linguistic University before graduating from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in 2023. His multimedia works (installation, performance, video) and artistic workshops employ autofictional methods and filmic-performative reconstructions of archival and interview fragments. He also collaborates with Karen Zimmermann and various friends to create queer spaces that weave together personal stories, facts and fictions, challenging established structures.
