Author: gemse

As Spring is in full bloom, we at Gemse, are warming up the space and our hearts to welcome you to a space to rest, regenerate and refuel for the constant movements in the world which move us.

Taking our learnings from last year, we have come to re-design the format of these retreats to respond to different groups/individuals’ needs and track our own resources to be able to hold space for care and rest for others. We offer three formats, with varying degrees of flexibility, hosting resources and structural support.

This is a great opportunity to get to know GemSe, reconnect, or strengthen your relationship with the community. During the Mini-Anpacktage, we’ll work together on GemSe and the Murmeltierbau, cleaning, sprucing things up, eating, and having a good time. We’ll decide together on-site exactly what we’ll be doing during the Mini-Anpacktage in June.

Where: GemSe
When: 05.-07.06.2026
Sign up: gemse_gailtal(at)riseup(dot)net
with the subject line “Mini-Anpacktage”

And as a save-the-date: the next mini-work days will be held from November 6–8, 2026!

“Love. A Woman Caught Between Care Work and Political Resistance”

The Hungarian People’s Republic during the Rákosi era.
Luca’s husband, a dissident artist, was arrested by the state police and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The only routine in Luca’s derailed life is her visits to her 90-year-old mother-in-law.
Luca knows: the old woman will never see her son again. To avoid upsetting her sensitive mother in her twilight years, she invents stories: almost every day, a new letter arrives at her mother-in-law’s house, explaining her son’s absence and making the waiting more bearable.

Where: GemSe, Wertschach 15
When: 12th and 13th of May 2026, 7.30 pm
Seat Reservation: 0664-5368400
Contact: gemse_gailtal(at)riseup(dot)net
More details here.

A circus of zeitgeist and tradition. Austrian mainstream culture turned upside down and juggled with one’s feet: yeast dough juggling, acrobatics, Gstanzl, bottle walking, Schuhplatteln, tavern brawls, and raucous, subversive laughter.

Where: GemSe
When: 27.6.2026 – doors open at 7 pm, start at 7.30 pm
Organised by: Kulturverein Idiom
For: open for all
Contact: gemse_gailtal(at)riseup(dot)net
More information here.

The exhibition sheds light on the little-known Alpine Front of World War I—a battlefield at extreme altitudes where soldiers from all over Europe fought under the most adverse conditions. Pairs of images offer different perspectives and invite visitors to reflect on contradictions, memory, and shared history.

Where: GemSe, frei:räumchen
When: Wednesdays, 5-7 pm
More information: https://www.erinnern-gailtal.at/

free entrance, no registration

We warmly invite you to our Skillsharing Weekend at the GemSe!

At this queer-feminist, solidarity-based community space in the Gailtal, we create a space together where we inspire each other and learn from one another. The GemSe is a social meeting point and project space in nature, where encounter, collective learning, and solidarity are at the heart of everything – far from everyday life, right in the middle of the green.