[spectre] [Prologue]: Transitional Geographies / Feminist Mapping

[Diana McCarty]

Hi Spectre!


It was great to meet up with Alla Mitrofanova after years of not being  
in touch with her. In any case, the ongoing project and these panels  
might be a good round to meet up again!

All best,

Diana


The Prologue Panel will take place during ISEA on: Friday, 28 August  
2009 at 14:00 at the Main Hub: Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Lanyon Place.

The Prologue Surgery will take place at: Golden Thread Gallery at 14:00.

The panel [Prologue]: Transitional Geographies / Feminist Mapping  
explores the cultural and political impact of European enlargement on  
feminist art and discourse:  feminist participation in the cultural,  
economic, technological and structural spheres of a changing Europe  
remains a challenge.  This panel aims to map out the crucial issues of  
how and where feminism remains a radical innovator in art, technology  
and society and to make public contemporary feminist art and  
discourse. The panelists - media artists, theorists and sociologists -  
are invited to reflect on the impact of shifting European borders and  
interests. This is extended to how feminist work addresses these  
changes.


The huge paradigm shift of the late 80's has had a huge impact on the  
notion of what it means to be European - and feminists have been  
active at each step. Current economic and political shifts constitute  
yet another huge paradigm shift and feminists are more engaged than  
ever. An interdisciplinary approach combines old and new media,  
sociological research, theory and art from a feminist perspective.  
Following a summer academy that brings the panel participants together  
with numerous artists, activists, critics and theorists to address the  
challenges presented by shifting geographic spaces and their real  
economic and political impact, the panel will focus on the status of a  
project to map feminist discourse and practice within (and without)  
European borders. As Action Research, the panel is derived from a  
series of [Prologue]: New Feminism/New Europe events that will take  
place in Tallinn over 2009 and 2010 with the title Prologue_EST, and  
past events in Berlin, Graz and Manchester.

Theinvited panelists comprise professional media artists, theorists  
and curators active in East and West Europe. They each bring a wealth  
of professional experience that extends across Europe and beyond.

- ART ECONOMY POLICY -

[Prologue]: New Feminism/New Europe resulted from a series of formal  
and informal discussions about the need to reclaim the radical  
elements of feminist movement and to re-articulate a feminist  
perspective in terms of East and West Europe. Past Prologue events  
have focused on themes such as transgender, language of resistance,  
witty works, and open source software. Participants have been from  
Albania, Austria, Estonia, Hungary, Germany, France, the Netherlands,  
Poland and the UK.  By combining works once disregarded by historical  
blind spots and emerging artists, Prologue has worked across borders,  
genres and generations. As such, Prologue refers to setting the stage  
for future action. An abundance of feminist art exhibitions across  
North America and Europe have affirmed the historical importance of  
feminist art, however, mainstream media art discussions still question  
the relevance of gender in art and media.   [Prologue]: Transitional  
Geographies / Feminist Mapping embraces the future: not only is  
feminist work valuable, it is more important than ever.

[Prologue]: Transitional Geographies / Feminist Mapping is organized  
by Kathy Rae Huffman, Diana McCarty, Mare Tralla and Reet Varblane.

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Diana McCarty
diana.mccarty at gmail.com
+ 49 (0) 1520 824 9536

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Radio is back. Kill your ipods.
herbstradio 99.1 FM Berlin
Sept. 1 - Nov. 22, 2009
www.herbstradio.org

Diana McCarty
diana.mccarty at gmail.com
+ 49 (0) 1520 824 9536

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