Arhivi v ospredju: Trideset+ let Mesta žensk

»𝐂̌𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐯 𝐧𝐚𝐣 𝐛𝐢 𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐢𝐳𝐠𝐮𝐛𝐢, 𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐧𝐢 𝐢𝐳 𝐧𝐣𝐞. 𝐒 𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐤𝐨 𝐯𝐳𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐣𝐨 𝐢𝐳 𝐢𝐳𝐠𝐮𝐛𝐞, 𝐣𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐤 𝐧𝐚𝐜̌𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐥𝐣𝐚𝐣𝐨. 𝐊𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐢 𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨, 𝐜̌𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐧𝐢, 𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐮 𝐝𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐜̌, 𝐝𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐳̌𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢.« 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐯 𝐋𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 (𝐮𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐳)

Toplo vabljene_ na 𝐨𝐭𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐯 festivala 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐳̌𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 in razstave 𝐀𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐢 𝐯 𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐣𝐮, ki bo v petek, 3. oktobra ob 19ih v Galeriji Škuc!

𝐶𝑜𝑐𝑜 𝐹𝑢𝑠𝑐𝑜, 𝐿𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟 & 𝑆ø𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑗𝑎 𝑀𝑜𝑗𝑐𝑎 𝑃𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑐̌𝑎𝑟, 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑗𝑎 𝐼𝑣𝑒𝑘𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑐́, 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑖𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑑

Sredi devetdesetih let 20. stoletja, ko sta bila festival in društvo Mesto žensk šele ustanovljena, so bili arhivi kritično obravnavani predvsem kot orodja za utrjevanje (državnega) aparata. V upanju, da bi to imelo širši vpliv na družbo, se je Mesto žensk pozicioniralo kot kritična intervencija v umetniški kanon, s čimer je prispevalo k spremembam tega, kdo lahko dostopa do umetniških institucij in kakšne vsebine so tam predstavljene. Naša obsežna dokumentacija dogodkov, na katerih je sodelovalo skoraj 2000 transdisciplinarnih umetnic_ in govork_, ki so razstavljale_, nastopale_ in sodelovale_ v diskurzivnih programih v okviru letnega programa Mesta žensk, je sama po sebi postala feministični umetniški arhiv. Z ohranjanjem in obuditvijo arhiva Mesta žensk prispevamo k prihodnosti (feministične) umetnosti!

Arhivi v ospredju obsegajo razstavo, diskurzivni program in vodene oglede ter so del 31. edicije festivala Mesto žensk.

🟣🔸 Razstava je razdeljena na dva dela. Prvi del, Trideset+ let Mesta žensk se s tiskanimi gradivi in sorodnimi dokumentacijami ozira na enaintridesetletno zgodovino festivala in tridesetletno zgodovino društva. Gre za introspektivni pogled na zgodovino Mesta žensk, ki sledi spremembam v feministični misli, umetnosti in feminističnem kuriranju, kot ga je udejanjal tudi program društva in festivala.

🟣🔸 Drugi del razstave, Arhivi v ospredju, predstavlja dela Coco Fusco, Larisse Sansour in Sørena Linda, Marije Mojce Pungerčar, Sanje Iveković, in Stefanie Seibold. Te umetnice so s svojimi drzno pionirskimi praksami prispevale k arhivu Mesta žensk, saj so svoja dela na festivalu Mesto žensk v preteklosti že razstavljale. Na razstavi Arhivi v ospredju se vsaka umetnica z arhivi ukvarja v drugačnem kontekstu — ustvarjajo arhive premalo zastopanih pripovedi, razkrivajo prezrte osebnosti, delajo z medijskimi podobami ter špekulirajo o utopičnih prihodnostih.

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐣𝐨 𝐬𝐞 𝐣𝐞 𝐨𝐛 𝟏𝟖. 𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐜̌𝐞 𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐳̌𝐢𝐭𝐢 𝐯𝐨𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐯𝐚 𝐩𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢 𝐯 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬̌𝐜̌𝐢𝐧𝐢.

Vodstva po razstavi s kuratorko:
3. 10. ob 18. uri v angleščini
7. 10. ob 17. uri v slovenščini
17. 10. ob 14. uri v angleščini
29. 10. ob 17. uri v angleščini in ob 18. uri v slovenščini

Kuratorka in zasnovalka predstavitve arhiva Mesta žensk: Iva Kovač
Asistentka pri raziskovanju arhiva Mesta žesnk: Aneta Hradilová
Oblikovanje in vizualizacija arhiva Mesta žensk: Elvis Krstulović

Produkcija: Mesto žensk;
koprodukcija: Galerija Škuc;
podpora: Ministrstvo za kulturo RS, Mestna občina Ljubljana.

ENG

“[𝐀]𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐁𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐀𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤.” 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 (𝐞𝐝. 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐳)

You are warmly invited to the opening of the festival 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐳̌𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 and the exhibition 𝐀𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐢 𝐯 𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐣𝐮, which will take place on Friday, October 3, at 7 p.m. at the Škuc Gallery!

𝐶𝑜𝑐𝑜 𝐹𝑢𝑠𝑐𝑜, 𝐿𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟 & 𝑆ø𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑗𝑎 𝑀𝑜𝑗𝑐𝑎 𝑃𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑐̌𝑎𝑟, 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑗𝑎 𝐼𝑣𝑒𝑘𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑐́, 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑖𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑑

In the mid-1990s, when the City of Women festival and association were first established, archives were critically observed primarily as tools of the consolidating (state) apparatus. City of Women positioned itself to become a critical intervention in the art canon, contributing to changes in who can access art institutions and what content is shown there, with the hope that this will have a broader impact on society. Our extensive documentation of events featuring nearly 2000 transdisciplinary artists and speakers who have shown, performed, and participated in discursive formats within the City of Women’s yearly program has become a feminist art archive in its own right. By preserving and reactivating the City of Women archive, we contribute to the future of (feminist) art!

Archives at Issue consists of an exhibition, discursive program, and guided tours, as part of the 31st edition of the City of Women festival.

🟣🔸 The exhibition Archives at Issue is divided into two parts. The first part Thirty Years of City of Women reflects on 31 years of the festival’s and 30 years of the association’s history through printed materials and related documentation. It takes an introspective view of the City of Women’s history, tracing changes in feminist art and thought, as well as feminist curating as practiced through the City of Women program.

🟣🔸 The second part of Archives at Issue features works by Coco Fusco, Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind, Marija Mojca Pungerčar, Sanja Iveković, and Stefanie Seibold. These artists have contributed to the City of Women archive through their bold and pioneering practices, having exhibited their works previously at the City of Women festival. In Archives at Issue, each artist engages with archives in different contexts — creating archives of underrepresented narratives, revealing omitted figures, working with media images, and speculating on utopian futures.

Before the opening, at 6 p.m., a guided tour of the exhibition in English is available.

Guided tours of the exhibition with the curator:
October 3 at 6:00 pm in English
October 7 at 5:00 pm in Slovene
October 17 at 2:00 pm in English
October 29 at 5:00 pm in English and at 6:00 pm in Slovene

Exhibition curator and COW archive concept: Iva Kovač
City of Women archive research assistance: Aneta Hradilová
City of Women archive design and visualization: Elvis Krstulović

Production: City of Women;
Co-production: Škuc Gallery;
Support: Ministry of Culture RS, Municipality of Ljubljana.