Nina Duchayne

Hērēs is a biannual magazine that documents contemporary queer creation. Each issue functions as a space for observation and experimentation built around a theme, bringing together artworks, texts, portraits, and interviews. Independent and self-published, the magazine highlights alternative ways of thinking and creating, challenging established codes to imagine other possible futures.

In this issue 0, centered on the theme of Medievalcore, we explore the Middle Ages through perspectives that break away from the dominant narratives we are taught from an early age. How can the medieval become a refuge for thinking about the future ? Beyond the image of the virile knight rescuing his princess, we examine medievalcore as a countercultural language: a pre-capitalist era, a distant world where imaginaries are freed, far removed from norms of gender and sexual orientation.