The International Meeting of Art and Gender began his career in 2004 and have since developed six editions. As in previous years, the meetings of the year 2011 that just started focusing on the interrelationship of art, gender and the context and situation of discrimination against women in contemporary society, where despite the progress that has been experiencing in all fields, many voices are perceived discriminatory behavior and enormous quantitative and qualitative discrimination towards them in general and artists, curators and art critics, theorists and art and culture in particular.
"He notes further a persistent machismo and misogyny buried trying to mask a reality still bleeding for women and gender discourses, attempting to marginalize the lines of thought and feminist art practices, "explained from the organization.
" This can be seen in major difficulties are yet to carry out cultural and artistic projects that speak for themselves from gender-based optical and persisting discrimination against these women when you can have access to positions of responsibility, and programming decision or direction of art or art spaces.
Takinginto account this context, the celebration of the International Art and Gender becomes necessary. Urge to accommodate, promote and disseminate theoretical and practical approaches, lines of action and artistic works from gender and feminist perspectives are being developed nationally and internationally, covering various issues that affect women in their societies contemporary "
Persons responsible for the event explained that falls within the objectives and spirit are integrated in Article 26 of the Equality Act and state law for the promotion of gender equality in Andalusia.
Program
in Block I (during days 4, 6 and 8 April 2011) offers three standard tables of lectures and discussions, including the presence of visual artists, writers and graphic designers . In Block II (9, 11, 13, 16 and May 18, 2011) will be held during 'visual practices and gender' and international group shows videos of women artists, in its second edition, 'Feminisarte II' (May 20). A Block III is expected to integrate a video contest for women artists from gender perspectives.
The first table held today at 19 pm at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (hall of the Monastery of the Cartuja de Santa Maria de las Cuevas), entitled "Exchanging Views lusas: Art and Gender in Portugal two approaches. Introduces and directs the table Margarita Aizpuru and participate as speakers Ana Rito (1979, Lisbon, Portugal) and Carla Cruz (Portugal)
The second panel will take place on April 6 to 20 hours at Casa de la Province Diputación Provincial de Sevilla. 'Cries and Whispers, Gender and Writing' is the name of this table will lead Margarita Aizpuru whose speakers are Laura Freixas (Spain) and Diana Raznovich (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
April 8 to 20 hours will run the table 'Body and gender identity' in the hall of Juan de Mairena Cajasol Foundation, with the papers of Marina Núñez (Palencia, 1966) and Glenda León (Havana, Cuba, 1976).
In the second block, and in May, the course 'audiovisual and Gender Practices', analyze the interrelationships and confluences between "women and sex video." It will be at the Cultural Foundation Cajasol, from 5-9 pm on 9 (Monday), 11 (Wednesday), 13 (Friday), 16 (Monday) and 18 (Wednesday) May 2011. Are free and are aimed at students and / or newly licensed in the humanities, literature, philosophy, history, art, information science, architecture and surveyors, and the like, as well as artists, curators, cultural coordinators, teachers and cultural and arts managers. However, if desired, may be included any person who shows his interest in it explicitly and in writing. The deadline for applications is until 30 April.
'feminist art II'
The group show videos of women artists, 'feminist art II', is displayed in the hall Juan de Mairena Cajasol Cultural Foundation, on May 20, at 20 hours under the auspices of the Office of Women's Hall of Seville and curated by Margarita Aizpuru. It may enjoy the work of Alejandra Delgado (Bolivia), Cristina Lucas (Spain), Beth Moses (Brazil), Mar García Ranedo (Spain) and Anna Jonsson (Sweden).
"Today feminist discourses and approaches to gender in the visual arts world are some of the contributions, both theoretical and practical, have been a more salutary lesson in the art world, where women artists the which mainly responsible for these contributions, resulting in recent decades new approaches and optical visual arts in general and in particular video, "says the curator.
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