Dr. Yvonne P. Doderer “In the Midst of the Mainstream?”
Sun 21 Sep 2014, 3 pm
Goethe Institut
From Goethe Institut, Nha San Collective and Queer Forever!
Nha San Collective, Queer Forever! and Goethe Institut Hanoi are pleased to send you information about our Sept. event “Queer movements and contemporary art in German-speaking countries” – a lecture and a discussion with Prof_in. Dr_in. Yvonne P. Doderer.
Since the 1970s like in the U.S. in German-speaking countries and under the symbol of the rainbow, a political, “queer” movement has formed up fighting for its rights, for the societal and political recognition of being queer. Today and in these countries it looks like as if this movement has been arrived in the midst of the societal mainstream. But what role does art play in the development of this movement? And to ask in reverse: which role does this movement play in contemporary art? Because a lot of artists have a queer background but are not necessarily making “queer art” whereupon it can be asked what “queer art” might be. However there are also artists who take their queer identity and/or their political understanding as a starting point for their artistic practice and who thereby contribute to societal change, to change perspectives. In this lecture some examples of queer art productions in terms of single positions and exhibitions in German-speaking countries will be introduced and discussed.
Languages: German with simultaneous translation into Vietnamese.
Please note that this event is by invitation only. Please register to receive your invitation by email [email protected], subject “The lecture on Sunday, Sept. 21”, including your name.
Yvonne P. Doderer (Germany) is head of the “Office of Transdisciplinary Research and Cultural Production” in Stuttgart and Professor for Cultural & Gender Studies at the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf. Since years she works as an artist, lecturer and author in the international artistic field focusing on the linkage of gender, urban and spatial research as well as activism.
Communication partner Hanoi Grapevine
Background image: ‘David’ by Hans-Peter Feldmann | photo by Yvonne P. Doderer
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