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WHAT IS GENDER BENDER
Gender Bender is an international Festival dedicated to the new imagery related to gender identity, sexual orientation and body representation stemming from contemporary culture.

Gender bender is produced by Cassero, the Gay and Lesbian center in Bologna - Italy.

A-tah! The girl in the kimono unleashes a powerful blow to the image of the ‘shop-window’ woman. Even though the force she uses consumes all her energy, she doesn’t lose the necessary qualities to successfully conclude her attack. The target of her bare fisted blows is the outline of a woman crushed by two extremes: on the one hand, a body which is portrayed as a means of seduction and a business ‘exchange’, on the other, a silent victim. The fighting ground is wrought with difficulties, but the girl has complete control of her body, the fruit of years of daily training, and she doesn’t like being forced into the corner or pinned to the ground. She dances around her target with grace and determination, trying not to be confused by the blinding and apparently victorious profile of her opponent. She studies his outline, enlightened by the philosophy of karate: constantly pondering and elaborating. Yoi, Hajimé!

                                                          Shamim Sarif   Alison Reid  Allyson Mitchell  Ann Van den Broek  Barbara Hammer  Carlotta Sagna  Christina Clausen Keith Haring  Connor Clements  Doris Dörrie  Eleonora Danco  Ella Lemhagen  Hard Ton  James Crump Sam Wagstaff Robert Mapplethorpe  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann  John Greyson  Kerstin Polte  LaLa McCallan  Marco Berger  Maria Breaux  Michela Marzano  Monica Palazzo  Monika Treut  Nana Neul  Nick Oceano   Randy Twigg  Richard Laxton  Sadie Benning  Scott Matthew  Sijie Dai  Simona Bertozzi  Steve Saporito  Susan Muska  Till Penzek, Jon Frickey  Yun Jong Suh   Zoe Xenia  Zsa Zsa Gershick