| Ursula Biemann on Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:06:37 +0200 (CEST) |
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Mons Veneris: Female Geographies opening Thursday 24 October 2002, 1830h exhibition continues until 6 December 2002 Austrian Cultural Forum, 28 Rutland Gate, London SW7 1PQ Monday�Friday 0900�1700h Uli Aigner, Fiona Banner, Sadie Benning, Ursula Biemann, Anca Daucikova, Marlene Dumas, Christina Della Guistina, Roza El Hassan/Milica Tomic, Sanja Ivekovic, Susanna Jacobs, Le Tigre, Ly Lestberg, Marth/Ines Doujak, Mara Mattuschka, Muda Mathis/Sus Zwick, Tanja Ostojic, Pipilotti Rist, Fiona Rukschcio, Cindy Sherman, Mare Tralla co-ordinator: Rosemarie Reitsamer consultants: Anthony Auerbach, Anca Daucikova, Marina Grzinic, Sally Tallant In the context of 'Highly Inspired', the Austrian Cultural Forum's season for the year of the mountains, Mons Veneris presents an oblique view of the culture of mountains: exploring transsexual geographies, border regions, strategic locations, spaces of conflict and isolation, places where identities are fragmented and overlap. The exhibition brings together pioneering work by some of the women who developed their artistic practice in the 1960s and 70s alongside a strongly political feminist theory, with that of younger artists who made their reputations in the 1990s or who are gaining recognition now in very different circumstances. While, in the 'developed' economies of western Europe, feminism has become mainstream and identity politics a 'lifestyle' issue, this exhibition investigates dissident feminisms and specific aesthetic strategies dealing with sexuality, politics and daily life as well as the experience of women in post-communist countries. East and central Europe have experienced sudden political change and more than ten years of rapid economic reorganisation during which contemporary artistic practices and discourses have been assimilated along with the other baggage of western capitalism. They have also experienced some of the most brutal forms of identity politics and slowness of social change. The exhibition aims to show that art remains a site where identities can be contested, desire is not always sublime and borders�like the supposed line between art and pornography�are not so easy to draw. Saturday 26 October, 2.00�6.00pm, Austrian Cultural Forum London Coming Round the Mountain: Female Geographies discussion An opportunity to discuss some of the issues raised by the exhibition, Mons Veneris, and the aesthetic strategies that artists have adopted to deal with their specific contexts and interests. How is political feminism in post-communist countries affected by the headlong westernisation of the last decade? What happens when identity politics becomes a 'lifestyle' issue? How does the globalised art world deal with female sexuality and dissident feminisms? With artists and theorists Marina Grzinic (Ljubljana), Anca Daucikova (Bratislava), Sanja Ivekovic (Zagreb) and Sally Tallant (London), co-ordinated by Rosemarie Reitsamer (editor of Female Sequences, Vienna). A special bi-lingual issue of Female Sequences: FrauenLesbenKulturHEFTig on Female Geographies will be published in February 2003 containing contributions from the participating artists and theorists. Contact Rosemarie Reitsamer e-mail: [email protected] T: +44 20 7370 7976 Austrian Cultural Forum 28 Rutland Gate London SW7 1PQ UK -- Ursula Biemann tel +41 01 461 20 84 http://www.geobodies.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]