The QUEER BAR is more than a bar: it is a shelter, platform, networking opportunity, further education and political statement. It asks how queer people can and want to come together in the countryside; and offers space to actively explore these questions. What began in the summer of 2021 as an art project by Paul Niedermayer as part of Agnieszka Roguski’s programme series GOSSIP, continued in 2022 with the participation of various co-hosts and their own themes. Since then, the QUEER BAR has explored anew each year what hosting can mean, what roles it involves, and how social boundaries can be redefined.