The Feminist Lecture Program is excited to announce a brand new collaboration with the Vagina Museum! The same amazing online weekly feminist content you expect from us, now hosted by the worlds only bricks and mortar Vagina Museum!
CLASS DESCRIPTION
With their intricate knowledge of traditions and craft, women stand at the forefront of contemporary Kazakhstan, preserving the collective consciousness and rebirthing long-forgotten traditions. By shifting away from the Western gaze, we can acknowledge the essential role that women have played and continue to play in redefining and sharping Kazakh culture. Further still, we might begin to address the lack of representation of Central Asian women artists in the Western World.
Contemporary art only started forming in Kazakhstan at the beginning of the 90s, beginning with the first artistic movement Nomadic Romanticism. Up until today it has seen rapid growth that our lecturers Amina Nugumanova and Elmira Ismukhamedova find thrilling and exciting to be a part of. Against the backdrop of current social, ecological and political issues, the decolonisation process has become a central theme for many Kazakh artists. This class will introduce participants to the current formation of the contemporary art scene in Kazakhstan through the work of female artists and activists like Suinbike Suleimenova and igerim Ospan, and curator Aigerim Kapar.
Amina and Elmira will also draw on their own experience of discovering their personal voices as Kazakh women in the Western world, unpacking the experience of being simultaneously inside and outside of the scene, whilst reflecting on where their work and the work of surrounding female Kazakh artists might take them.
ABOUT OUR LECTURER
Foreign Object is a London-based creative studio and nomadic gallery that
represents and platforms a collective of young up-and-coming artists within
visual arts. With a mission to bring a new generation of creatives to
international acclaim by encouraging a worldwide conversation to bridge the
gap between artists, institutions and collectors through curated projects.
Their most recent exhibition took place at GALLERY46, a contemporary
independent art gallery in London and they have also recently been guest
curators for RiseArt.
Women led creative duo, Amina Nugumanova and Elmira Ismukhamedova, graduates from Central Saint Martins with a background in visual communication. The duos practice is shaped by their international cultural background of Kazakhstan and Sweden. With a practice focused on curation, art direction, research and production.
Instagram: @foreign_obj
UPCOMING SESSIONS WITH THE FEMINIST LECTURE PROGRAM
Monday 4th March
Kamin Mohammadi
Irans Ancient Feminist History
Monday 11th March
Ruth Charnock and Karen Schaller
Witching the Institution: Academia and Feminist Witchcraft
Monday 18th March
Lucy Cade
Female Creatives and Spirit Photography in the 19th Century
Monday 25th March
Dr. Sheree Mack
The Women of the Black British Art Movement
Monday 1st April
Nina-Sophia Miralles
Vogue Magazine: Invention, Erasure, Perversity & Power
Monday 8th April
Camilla Baier, Lauren Clarke and Rachel Pronger
The Animation of Mary Blair: A Feminist's Guide to Disney
Monday 15th April
Lauren Peters
Fashion Before Plus-Size: Bodies, Bias, and the Birth of an Industry
Monday 22nd April
Ama Josephine Budge Johnstone
Intimate Ecologies: a Black feminist erotics for interspecies un/worlding
Monday 29th April
Joanna Ebenstein
The Anatomical Venus
Monday 6th May
Amina Nugumanova and Elmira Ismukhamedova
Women in Central Asian art: Preservation of Collective Heritage and Decolonisation
Stay tuned in to be the first to hear about our Summer term!
RECORDING
A recording of the lecture will be sent out by The Feminist Lecture Program after the event finishes, within 2 hours of the end of the class. This email will also contain any resources/reading list the lecturer shares.
Please add [email protected] to your email contacts to ensure you receive the recording as expected.
Please note that the recording will expire 7 days after sending.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Everyone is welcome to join this Pay-What-You-Can class. We suggest a donation of 20, however, we understand that may not be possible for everybody. Please be honest and pay what you can afford so that we can continue to offer our sessions on a donation basis.
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We're really looking forward to you joining us.
