{"id":7161,"date":"2019-05-31T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lori.hr\/?p=7161"},"modified":"2023-05-10T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T15:55:31","slug":"smoqua3-proslava-zajednistva-solidarnosti-aktivizma-umjetnosti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lori.hr\/en\/smoqua3-proslava-zajednistva-solidarnosti-aktivizma-umjetnosti\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoqua\u00b3: celebration of communion, solidarity, activism and arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear friends, our third Smoqua has finished! We\u2019ve left behind so many preparations, joy and bustle, emergencies and \u201cOMG, I have completely forgotten about this, I`ll get to it right now!, No, leave it, I`ll do it, you go for the other things!\u201d \ud83d\ude42 Here is our story \u2013 a brief resume on what happened during these 3 unforgettable days... \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above all, we`d like to thank everyone that made this Smoqua such a wonderful experience<\/strong>, that contributed with their positivity and joy to the filling of community, solidarity and great values: the audience from Rijeka, Croatia and other countries; to our great participants for stimulating deconstructing among everyone; to our associates for sharing the vision of Rijeka with us for 3 years: PaRiter, From the Citizens to Their City and Centre for Women\u2019s Studies (University of Rijeka), Art-kino, Rijeka 2020. Of course, without our sponsors ADRIA PRINT (with us from the very idea of Smoqua) and Novi list we would not have the visibility in public while LUSH has enabled it all on recycled and biodegradable materials. Food Not Bombs Rijeka<\/strong> together with our volunteers has kept the smiles on our participants` faces with their vegan delicacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No mislim da se nitko ne\u0107e naljutiti ako ka\u017eemo da najve\u0107u podr\u0161ku, trud, po\u017ertvovanost, ljubav i posve\u0107enost svakako je ulo\u017eila\u00a0na\u0161a volonterska ekipa<\/strong>\u00a0koja je upravo bila \u201evezivno tkivo\u201c koje je sve dr\u017ealo na okupu! \ud83d\ude42 Hvala vam svima: Silvana, Ivana, Josipa, Marta, Sara, Deborah, Ivana, Gabriela, Nathan, Katarina, Tea, Karla, Filipe\u2026 s takvom ekipom mo\u017eemo sve! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, we thank the City of Rijeka<\/strong> for their support: for the second year in a row during Smoqua four rainbow flags were put along Korzo street and mayor Obersnel has given a warm, supporting speech at the festival opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what actually happened at Smoqua in these 3 days?<\/strong>\u00a0Well, after summarizing first impressions we can say openly that this has been the most successful and the most enriching Smoqua so far: we`ve had the opportunity to experience few premieres (touching\u00a0documentary \u201eSidney & friends\u201c<\/a>\u00a0and its director that has \u201cconquered\u201d all our hearts with his smile and the moving story of intersex and transgender kids in Kenya,\u00a0drag king Eclipse<\/a>\u00a0that ignited the crowd at Queer-UP! Party along with the awesome Slovenian\u00a0DJ duo Warrego Valles, Lau Lukkarila dance performance<\/a>\u2026), Rijeka has gotten its\u00a0first queer mural<\/a>\u00a0(thank you Nika, Tanja, Luisa for designing and creating it in such a short period of time!:))\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Performance of Bulgarian artist with the US address\u00a0Boryana Rossa<\/a>\u00a0Deconstruction of VALIE EXPORT\u2019S Tap and Touch Cinema has left rather strong impressions to all while\u00a0Vlasta Delimar<\/a>\u00a0has definitely \u201cshook\u201d Korzo with her performance. We thank\u00a0Moja Rijeka<\/a>\u00a0for great video reportages. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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