HACK.Fem.EAST
Women, Technology and
Networks in Eastern Europe
Exhibition, performances, meetings
10 May - 22 June 2008
Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien Berlin
Opening: 9 May, from 19.00
A project of Tatiana Bazzichelli and Gaia Novati sponsored by Hauptstadtkulturfonds and with the support of Institutes für Auslandsbeziehungen.
The exhibition project HACK.Fem.EAST seeks to present experimental and artistic practices of artists and activists working in digital networks in Eastern Europe. Main topics are media, art and hacking. Main protagonists are women or projects in which women play an important role.
Aim of the project is to provide and to develop a network platform. This is achieved through five elements: the exhibition, the opening event, two days of conferences, a publication in newspaper format and a website.
Central idea is to involve women artists to develop independetely their concept in each of the
14 rooms of the Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien and be part of the network formed by the all groups and arstists/activists participating.
Existing networks from 11 Eastern countries are at the heart of the project and form the basis of the exhibition. A total of 11 networks are invited to the various rooms of the Kunst-raumes Kreuzberg / Bethanien to introduce their work, their strategies and their aims in the form of video and computer installations, documentations and presentations.
The result is a "network of networks".
A two day long conference on 10 and 11 May held at the outset of the project intends to bring the lines and networks together and discuss on women perspective in the Eastern cultural scenario. Its aim is to provide a forum for a form of politics based on radical invention - media and Internet art projects, performances, network platforms, software development, artistic coding, organisation of media festivals, etc.
More information on the exhibition are published on the NGO-supplement of taz, the Berlin daily newspaper, in an edition of 30.000 copies to coincide with the exhibition opening (9 May 2008). Another integral component of the project is the website http://www.hackfemeast.org, with an up-to-date and open presentation of the project's processes and developments, summarizing them and putting them up for discussion.
Exhibition: 10 May - 22 June 2008
Participants:
Gaby Bila-Gunther (RO/DE) in Network with: Darina Alster (CZ), Pavla Jonssonova (CZ), Albana Kozeli (AL), Elsa Martini (AL), Ioana Morpurgo (RO), Eva Parcher (SI), Katerina Rudcenkova (CZ), Lucia Udvardyova (CZ), Petra Vargova (CZ); Dunja Kukovec (SI) and Katja Kobolt (SI) in Network with: Helena Božic (SI), Anetta Mona Chisa (RO/CZ), Polonca Lovšin (SI), Kitch (SI), Lala Rašcic (HR), Tina Smrekar (SI), Son:DA (SI), Zora Stancic (SI), Starke (BA), Lucia Tkacova (SK), Kanak Attak (DE), FAQ Network (Balkans); Andreea Carnu (RO) and Joanne Richardson (RO/DE) in Network with: DMedia (RO), Ladyfest RO, Indymedia RO; Alla Georgieva (UA/BG), Marina Grižnic (SI), Ana Hoffner (RS/DE), Janez Janša (SI), Anna Krenz (PL/DE), Erika Katalina Pasztor (HU), Nada Prlja (BA/UK), Boryana Rossa (BG), Selena Savic (RS/NL), Zvonka Simcic (SI), Mare Tralla (EE/UK), Miss Information und ihre Telekommunisten (NET).
Performance, Screening and Talk
Friday May 9 from 19.00 Opening
19.00 - Welcome of Sigrid Klebba, City Mayor for Education and Culture of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
19.00 - Dobrodošli / Willkommen / Welcome Performance by Leila Cmajcanin (BA). Presented by Humour Works.
Down to Earth Performance by Jana Prepeluh (SI). Presented by Humour Works.
20.00 - Karasssuite by Ana Filip (RO/SK) and Barbara Huber (AT/SK).
21.00 - From Tea Lady into a Sexfly (Electro/spokenword Performance) Gaby Bila-Gunther (RO/DE)
22.00 - Dj Spoma (HR/DE).
23.00 - Lili Bustard and Freak (Performance and Dj Set)
Hairstyling in electro tech house rythm (PL)
Saturday, 10 May 2008
14.30 - Introduction
15.00 - Linking Balkan, Lecture Performance - Ana Hoffner ex-Prvulovic (RS/DE)
15.30 - Panel on Hacktivism and Art in the Eastern Countries.Erika Katalina Pasztor (HU). Boryana Rossa, (BG)
Moderated by Diana McCarty (MX/D)
17.30 - SS-XXX | Die Frau Helga - The Borghild Project Reconstruction - Janez Janša (SI).Production: Aksioma - Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana. Co-Production:KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis, Zagreb.
18.30 - Screening of Precarious Lives. Film from DMedia (RO), 64 min,, 2008. Presentation with Andreea Carnu (RO) and Joanne Richardson (RO/DE).
Sunday, 11 May 2008
11.00 - Introduction
11.15 - Under Construction
Presentation with Silvina Der-Meguerditchian (AR/DE), Eléonore de Montesquiou (FR/EE/DE), Olga Juergenson (EE/UK).
12.00 - Panel on Gender and TechnologyMarina Griznic (SI), Mare Tralla (EE/UK).Moderated by Katja Kobolt (SI)
14.30 - Give to Take. Intellectual Property Agency,
Presentation: Nada Prlja (MK/UK).
16.00 - Panel on Activism and Accessibility of Technology
Andreea Carnu (RO), Kyd Campbell (CA), Ana Filip (RO/SK).Moderated by Jasmina Tesanovic (RS/USA)
17.30 - Public discussion
Hack.Fem.East Radio - 5 May to 11 May 2008
Interviews, talks and discussions at Kunstraum Kreuzberg /Bethainen
Moderated by: Valie Djordjevic (RS/DE), Diana McCarty (MX/DE), Helena Božic (SI), Katja Kobolt (SI), Dunja Kukovec (SI).
Credits:
HACK.Fem.EAST is a project of Tatiana Bazzichelli and Gaia Novati in collaboration with Kunstraum Kreuzberg /Bethanien, sponsored by Hauptstadtkulturfonds and with the support of Institutes für Auslandsbeziehungen.
Promoted by: AHA: Activism-Hacking-Artivism.
Humour Works, presented in room number 5 of Kunstraum Kreuzberg /Bethanien, is curated by: Dunja Kukovec. Curatorial advisors: Katja Kobolt, Taida Horozovic, Danijela Dugandžic, Nanna Heidereich. Production assistants: Jasmina Založnik and Urška Jež With a support of: European Cultural Foundation, City Council Ljubljana, and Ministry of Culture of the Republic Slovenia
SS-XXX / Die Frau Helga is part of the platform RE:akt! supported by ECF - European Cultural Foundation, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Municipality of Ljubljana.
The works of Mare Tralla and Alla Georgieva are presented in collaboration with ARC Projects, Sofia. Guest-curator: Iliyana Nedkova.
Contacts:
Networkers:Tatiana Bazzichelli and Gaia Novati
info
hackfemeast [ punto ] org (info[at]hackfemeast[dot]org) / http://www.hackfemeast.org
Collaborators:
Silke Manz, Theresa Lunau, Verena Concha Vega, Luzie Heidemann, Giulia Piccini.
Translation: Franziska Facile.
Web and Graphic design: Jonas Frankki
Kunstraum Kreuzberg /Bethanien
Director: Stéphane Bauer
Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin, Germany
U-Bahn Kottbusser Tor
Opening time: every day 12.00 to 19.00.
Tel.: +49 -(0)30-90298-1455
Fax.: +49 -(0)30-90298-1453
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