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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
Belvedere 21
Opening Hours
Address
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, Sophie Calle, Helen Chadwick, Waltraut Cooper, Katrina Daschner, Ines Doujak, VALIE EXPORT, Rose English, Flora N. Galowitz, Friedl vom Gröller, Nilbar Güreş, Marcia Hafif, Maria Hahnenkamp, Barbara Hammer, Marlene Haring, Róza El-Hassan, Mona Hatoum, Jenny Holzer, Nan Hoover, Leiko Ikemura, Iman Issa, Sanja Iveković, Magdalena Jetelová, Anna Jermolaewa, Joan Jonas, Birgit Jürgenssen, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Eva Kmentová, Renate Kordon, Brigitte Kowanz, Barbara Kruger, Elke Silvia Krystufek, Adriana Lara, Maria Lassnig, Kris Lemsalu, Sarah Lucas, Karin Mack, Dorit Margreiter Choy, Mara Mattuschka, Ursula Mayer, Anna Meyer, Ulrike Müller, Yoko Ono, ORLAN, Michèle Pagel, Christiana Perschon, Friederike Pezold, Margot Pilz, Lisl Ponger, Ursula Pürrer, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Ulrike Rosenbach, Martha Rosler, Constanze Ruhm, Maruša Sagadin, Ashley Hans Scheirl, Meina Schellander, Julia Scher, Eva Schlegel, Toni Schmale, Carolee Schneemann, Cindy Sherman, Adriena Šimotová, Nancy Spero, Annie Sprinkle, Ingeborg Strobl, Sophia Süßmilch, Sofie Thorsen, Sophie Thun, Rosemarie Trockel, Andrea van der Straeten, Maja Vukoje, Anna Witt, and many other artists.
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.
