KISSEN is a newly founded event and party collective in Vienna that focuses on trans, non-binary, bipoc and queer artists. It started with its first event in January 2024. The idea behind the series is to host events and partys with a scenographic approach which transforms spaces and turns the party into an immersive installation, where the gaze moves away from the DJ desk and the focus falls on the dance floor.

KISSEN aims to incoperate visual and performing arts into club culture in collaborative processes in order to make them accessible in an expanded form and at the same time create a space for queer, trans, non-binary and bipoc artists to practice their arts in an economically sustainable way.

The name is derived from the german word „Kissen“, which means pillow in its translation. It plays with the impulse of the word to exist in an economically sustainable way. For queer minorities in particular, however, it is important to kiss and the meaning of the pillow as an embodiment of a safe space where one can let oneself fall.

With KISSEN, we are trying to create such a place for both the queer audience and the queer artists.

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