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Feminist Futures Forever
Feminist Futures Forever focuses on the polyphony of artistic practices. It ties together feminist demands, sociopolitical impacts, and different temporalities: each desire for change critically engages with its own past and present while looking towards the conditions of an imagined future. Feminist Futures Forever adheres to this principle and, by looking back at the 1985 exhibition Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn (Art with a Mind of Its Own), brings international, intersectional, and intergenerational positions into dialogue with one another. The individual works of art are key: their narratives interact in spaces inspired by everyday life, enabling visitors to intuitively experience possible models for the future.
Curated by Christiane Erharter and Stefanie Reisinger.
Assistant Curators: Anna Ewa Dyrko and Andrea Kopranovic
Exhibition architecture: Dorit Margreiter Choy and Cosma Grosser
Graphic design: Marie Artaker and Alexandra Möllner
Belvedere 21
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Arsenalstraße 1, 1030 Vienna
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The Exhibition
Feminist Futures Forever features works by artists ranging from the feminist avant-garde to the current generation. The point of departure is the exhibition Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn: Internationale Ausstellung aktueller Kunst von Frauen (Art with a Mind of Its Own: An International Exhibition of Contemporary Art by Women), which was held in 1985 at what is now Belvedere 21.
Feminist movements are characterized by continuity; they began long before the 1980s, continue into our present, and have lost none of their relevance. They have been diverse from the very beginning. This polyphony will be expressed through different artistic positions, media, themes, and generations.
The focus is on artworks that address sociopolitical, gender-specific, and ecological issues, with the systematic expansion of the Belvedere’s collection playing a crucial role here. The works on display critically examine the past, navigate our present, and make loud demands for a shared future.
In this sense, the title of the exhibition can also be understood as a plea for possible new perspectives: Feminist Futures Forever!
Featuring works by
Marina Abramović, Helena Almeida, Laurie Anderson, Anna Artaker, Gretchen Bender, Renate Bertlmann, Linda Bilda, Moucle Blackout, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz, Sophie Calle, Helen Chadwick, Waltraut Cooper, Katrina Daschner, Louise Deininger, Ricarda Denzer, Carola Dertnig, Ines Doujak, Rose English, VALIE EXPORT, Flora N. Galowitz, Isa Genzken, Friedl vom Gröller, Maria Hahnenkamp, Barbara Hammer, Mona Hatoum, Jenny Holzer, Nan Hoover, Leiko Ikemura, Sanja Iveković, Anna Jermolaewa, Magdalena Jetelová, Birgit Jürgenssen, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Soli Kiani, Eva Kmentová, Renate Kordon, Brigitte Kowanz, Barbara Kruger, Elke Silvia Krystufek, Nika Kupyrova, Maria Lassnig, Kris Lemsalu, Karin Mack, Dorit Margreiter Choy, Mara Mattuschka, Ursula Mayer, Michaela Melián, Anna Meyer, Stephanie Misa, Ulrike Müller, Martina Oettl, Yoko Ono, ORLAN, Bianca Pedrina, Christiana Perschon, Margot Pilz, Adrian Piper, Sasha Pirker, Lisl Ponger, Ursula Pürrer, Ulrike Rosenbach, Isa Rosenberger, Martha Rosler, Constanze Ruhm, Maruša Sagadin, Ashley Hans Scheirl, Meina Schellander, Julia Scher, Toni Schmale, Selma Selman, Cindy Sherman, Adriena Šimotová, Nancy Spero, Andrea van der Straeten, Ingeborg Strobl, Sophia Süßmilch, Sofie Thorsen, Sophie Thun, Rosemarie Trockel, Maja Vukoje, Anna Witt, Nil Yalter, Daniela Zahlner and many other artists.
As part of Ulrike Müllers Herstory Inventory: 100 Feminist Drawings by 100 Artists, 2009–12: A.K. Burns, A.L. Steiner, Ad Minoliti, Alhena Katsof, Allyson Mitchell, Amy Linton, Amy Sillman, Anni Viinikainen, Ashley Hans Scheirl, B.E. Wiest, Barbara Eichhorn, Carola Dertnig, Carrie Yamaoka, Cauleen Smith, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Chitra Ganesh, Chris Castillo, Cristina Gómez Barrio, Dawn Kasper, Dean Daderko, Edie Fake, Elke Silvia Krystufek, Erika Vogt, Every Ocean Hughes, Faith Wilding, Fiona Rukschcio, Fox Hysen, Gabriela Santiago, Georgia Sydney Lassner, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Dana Bishop-Root, Gregg Bordowitz, Guadalupe Rosales, Iris Andraschek, Jamie Chan, JD Samson, Jennifer Montgomery, Jibz Cameron, Jocelyn Davis, Johanna & Mona Gustavsson, Johanna Kirsch, Jonah Groeneboer, Joy Episalla, Julie Evanoff, K8 Hardy, Kate Huh, Katherine Hubbard, Kathleen Hanna, Keltie Ferris, Kim Kelly, Lee Maida, Lee Relvas, Leidy Churchman, Leigh Ruple, Lily Benson, Linda Bilda, Linda Stillman, Lisa Lenarz, Louise Fishman, Lovett/Codagnone, Lucy Dodd, Malin Arnell, Marget Long, Maria Gafarova, Mariah Garnett, Marie-Thérèse Escribano, Marlene McCarty, Math Bass, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Michaela Mélian, Michele Araujo, Michelle Dizon, Mitra Wakil, Monica/Nico Peck, Moyra Davey, MPA, Myriam Lanau, Nancy Brooks Brody, Nicole Eisenman, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Pam Lins, Patricia Reschenbach, R.H. Quaytman, Ricarda Denzer, Robert Bordo, Robin Hustle, Sadie Benning, Sam Miller, Samara Davis, Shelly Silver, Simone Bader, Sowon Kwon, Tara Mateik, Taylor Davis, Terrilynn, Therese Roth, Travis Boyer, Ulrike Müller, Wolfgang Mayer, Wynne Greenwood, Xylor Jane, Zoe Leonard
Oral Herstory
An Oral Herstory project is being developed in close collaboration with filmmaker and artist Christiana Perschon as part of the exhibition. The aim is to document the voices of the artists who participated in Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn in 1985, are still active today, and will also be represented in Feminist Futures Forever.
Interviews with Laurie Anderson, Renate Bertlmann, Moucle Blackout, Silvia Eiblmayr, Rose English, VALIE EXPORT, Leiko Ikemura, Sanja Iveković, Magdalena Jetelová, Renate Kordon, Karin Mack, Mara Mattuschka, ORLAN, Lisl Ponger, Elsa Prochazka, Ulrike Rosenbach, Ashley Hans Scheirl, Meina Schellander
