EDITION II - EPISODE 4
- EXHIBITION - OCT 2007 - JAN 2008, MUHKA
- SYMPOSIUM III - OCT 2008, HUIS A/D WERF, DE APPEL, MUHKA
- PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME - NOV 2007, FESTIVAL A/D WERF
- FILM PROGRAMME - DEC 2007, MUHKA_MEDIA
Introduction
As a rolling platform If Can't Dance... is delighted to work in the fourth and final episode of 'Feminist Legacies and Potentials in Contemporary Art Practice' again with many of the art and theatre institutions which have partnered us in this two year exploration.
In the MuHKA, our newest partner, we start the programme with a large scale exhibition which combines elements from the collection with a series of works by invited artists who explore the performative potential of various media. The project further unfolds over three cities and includes a film weekend at MuHKA_media in Antwerp, a symposium at De Balie and a reading group in De Appel in Amsterdam and a performance programme at Huis a/d Werf in Utrecht.
'Facehug', Performance, Karl Holmqvist - Nov. 2007, Festival a/d Werf
Exhibition
With works by: Heather Allen, Monica Bonvicini, Lili Dujourie, Jef Geys, Unni Gjertsen, Karl Holmqvist, Sanja Ivekovic, Jutta Koether, Sarah Pierce, Falke Pisano, Erik Van Lieshout, Frances Stark, Hito Steyerl, Anne-mie Van Kerckhoven, Cathy Wilkes, Haegue Yang, Katarina Zdjelar. Read more
With works by: Heather Allen, Monica Bonvicini, Lili Dujourie, Jef Geys, Unni Gjertsen, Karl Holmqvist, Sanja Ivekovic, Jutta Koether, Sarah Pierce, Falke Pisano, Erik Van Lieshout, Frances Stark, Hito Steyerl, Anne-mie Van Kerckhoven, Cathy Wilkes, Haegue Yang, Katarina Zdjelar. Read more
28 October, 2007 - 6 January, 2008, MuHKA
Performance programme
In the performance programme three artists perform an acte de presence: Karl Holmqvist, Ivana Muller and Katarina Zdjelar. What links them is their fascination with language and their analytic approach to the conventions of performance, which leads them to make unexpected connections among different genres. All three are interested in feminist thought and/or reinterepreting the work of women artists. Read more
In the performance programme three artists perform an acte de presence: Karl Holmqvist, Ivana Muller and Katarina Zdjelar. What links them is their fascination with language and their analytic approach to the conventions of performance, which leads them to make unexpected connections among different genres. All three are interested in feminist thought and/or reinterepreting the work of women artists. Read more
2 & 3 November, 2008, Festival a/d Werf
Symposium
In the symposium we want to join with a series of thinkers and cultural practitioners in exploring the current political potential of feminism in the age of globalization. Can its methods of enquiry, critique, and activism aid in thinking about contemporary identity? We are interested in thinking about what would the issues be for a global feminism today.
In the morning the keynote speaker Rosi Braidotti will outline the intellectual terrain from her perspective. In the afternoon we open out the debate in relation to the practice of artists such as Hito Steyerl. Ruth Noack has been invited to speak from a curatorial perspective.
In the symposium we want to join with a series of thinkers and cultural practitioners in exploring the current political potential of feminism in the age of globalization. Can its methods of enquiry, critique, and activism aid in thinking about contemporary identity? We are interested in thinking about what would the issues be for a global feminism today.
In the morning the keynote speaker Rosi Braidotti will outline the intellectual terrain from her perspective. In the afternoon we open out the debate in relation to the practice of artists such as Hito Steyerl. Ruth Noack has been invited to speak from a curatorial perspective.
28 October, 2008, Huis a/d werf, de Appel arts centre, MuHKA
Film programme
The film programme, assembled in cooperation with Edwin Carels, aims to bring about exciting conversations that articulate characteristic (or, as the case may be, less obvious) aspects of the work of the artists and cineasts presented. The program offers various approaches to video and film as a medium, as well as to feminist concepts.
The film programme, assembled in cooperation with Edwin Carels, aims to bring about exciting conversations that articulate characteristic (or, as the case may be, less obvious) aspects of the work of the artists and cineasts presented. The program offers various approaches to video and film as a medium, as well as to feminist concepts.
15 & 16 December, 2007, MuHKA_Media
Above: 'Affirmative Ethics and the Question of Pain', Rosi Braidotti, Keynote speaker at the If I Can't Dance... symposium
Below: Unni Gjertsen, respondent at the If I Can't Dance... symposium
Below: Unni Gjertsen, respondent at the If I Can't Dance... symposium
'Crystal C - Don't Copy Me', Performance during at the If I Can't Dance... symposium, Stefanie Seibold and Christine Lemke
