Tanya Bednar, Barbara Denk, Kristina Haider, Julia Hauser, Sanja Jelic, Katharina Lampert,
Dunja Larise, Ursula Mayer, Patricia Reschenbach, Sofie Thorsen, ...
Opening: Wednesday, 25 April 2001, 7 p.m.
with DJ Electric Indigo and DJ Tibcurl
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN, Photo Ingrid Pröller, Secession 2001
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The title "A Room of One's Own", taken from Virginia Woolf's 1929 essay, refers to the historical roots
of the women's movement, in which all of the project participants have an interest.
The project "A Room of One's Own" is intended to be a forum, in which current feminist discourse and praxis in the field of art can be topicalized, investigated and expanded. The group sees itself as an open structure. New participants with different perspectives of knowledge and experience can join at any time in the search for possible new directions related to this theme. The developement of strategies for merging and the intersections of common interests form the basis for further concrete collaborations. The contributions from the individual participants in "A Room of One's Own" arrive at different times (asynchronously), may be processed, altered or ignored, or may stand alone as a separate contribution. The interplay of forces produces a constructive accumulation of contradictions.
Since this project is to be developed through a long-term working process, two exhibition dates are planned, April 26 - May 13, 2001 and January 10 - January 31, 2002. In addition to these two time periods "A Room of One's Own" will be continued in other places with relevant lectures, events and discussions. The corresponding website, www.aroomofonesown.at, serves as a forum for information, discussion and exchange with existing feminist networks.
The presentation of the first part consists of feminist research, intended to form a foundation for the development of further phases. Based on selected text and picture material and the resultant discussions, familiar practices for describing women-specific themes (from Martha Rosler to Linda Bilda) will be made visible using collage and comics. Diverse methods make it possible to describe worlds of life, carry out conflicts within them and to make room for different positions from feminist discourse.
The website will be accessible from the exhibition space to enable interaction with the public and to conclude the exhibition project in the sense of the title chosen by bell hooks for her new book:
"Feminism is for Everybody."
BIOGRAPHIES
TANYA BEDNAR, born 1975 in Johannesburg/South Africa, lives and works in Vienna
Since 1997 has studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (Renée Green)
Since 2000 activist with volkstanz.net
BARBARA DENK, born 1969 in Vienna, lives and works in Vienna
1994-1996 studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (teaching degree for art education)
1996-2000 studied at the Hochschule für angewandte Kunst in Vienna (Isabelle Graw)
KRISTINA HAIDER, born 1972 in Vienna, lives and works in Vienna
Since 1995 has studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (Erich Wonder)
Since 1997 has studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (Renée Green)
JULIA HAUSER, born 1976 in Wien, lives and works in Vienna
KATHARINA LAMPERT, born 1976 in Vienna, lives and works in Vienna
1995-1999 studied at the University of Vienna (comparative literature and sinology)
Since 1999 has studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (Renée Green)
DUNJA LARISE, born 1972 in Rijeka/Croatia, lives and works in Vienna
1990-1992 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo
1993-1994 studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (Wolfgang Hollegha)
Since 1997 has studied at the Akademie der Bildenden in Vienna (Renée Green)
URSULA MAYER, born 1970 in Ried/Innkreis, lives and works in Vienna
1990-1996 studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (Wolfgang Hollegha)
1996 studied at the Royal Collage of Art in London
PATRICIA RESCHENBACH, born 1970 in Vienna, lives and works in Vienna
Since 1996 has studied at the Hochschule für angewandte Kunst (teaching degree for art education)
Since 1996 has studied at the University of Vienna (psychology, philosophy, pedagogy)
SOFIE THORSEN, born 1971 in Århus/Dänemark, lives and works in Copenhagen and Vienna
1995-2001 studied at Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen
Since 1997 in a team with Elsebeth Jørgensen, founded the exhibition forum OTTO, Cph, with Jeppe Hein and Lilibeth Cuenca
1999-2001 Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna (Reneé Green)
CAROLA DERTNIG, born 1963 in Innsbruck, lives and works in Vienna and New York
1987-91 Hochschule für angewandte Kunst in Vienna (Ernst Caramelle)
1991 studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris (Christian Boltanski)
1997 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in New York
We would like to thank the following companies for their support:
Erste Bank - Partner of the Secession
GlaxoSmithKline - Sponsor of the Secession
Bundeskanzleramt Kunst
Wien Kultur
Friends of the Secession
The exhibition series is supported by Wiener Städtische.
For further information and photographic material please contact:
Tamara Schwarzmayr
Secession, Association of Visual Artists Vienna Secession
Friedrichstraße 12, 1010 Vienna
Tel: +43-1-5875307-21, Fax: +43-1-5875307-34
presse@secession.at