11. Against The Grain
Proposed as a two part screening, Against the Grain features women artists whose work represents a particular momentum in the experimental and independent art film making in Poland.
Art historian Dr. Izabela Kowalczyk argued in a paper published in 1997, titled “Feminist motifs in Polish art”, that feminist artists in Poland failed to accurately respond to women's issues during its oppressive regime, and instead borrowed already existing models developed by feminist artists working in the West. The screening sets this statement up for a debate by featuring women artists whose work represents a particular momentum in the experimental and independent art filmmaking in Poland. The selected films offer a unique insight into the shifting ideologies, structures, and methods of working and communicating within early Polish feminism, its revival in the 1990’s, conceptualism and the structural cinema model. What did feminism during socialism look like? What was the magic of experimental film? A discussion will follow with scholars dr. Aniko Imre and dr. Eve Oishi.
Proposed as a two part screening, Against the Grain features women artists whose work represents a particular momentum in the experimental and independent art film making in Poland.
Art historian Dr. Izabela Kowalczyk argued in a paper published in 1997, titled “Feminist motifs in Polish art”, that feminist artists in Poland failed to accurately respond to women's issues during its oppressive regime, and instead borrowed already existing models developed by feminist artists working in the West. The screening sets this statement up for a debate by featuring women artists whose work represents a particular momentum in the experimental and independent art filmmaking in Poland. The selected films offer a unique insight into the shifting ideologies, structures, and methods of working and communicating within early Polish feminism, its revival in the 1990’s, conceptualism and the structural cinema model. What did feminism during socialism look like? What was the magic of experimental film? A discussion will follow with scholars dr. Aniko Imre and dr. Eve Oishi.
2016
Schedule:
Screening, Polish women artists (1970s-2000s)
Discussion with Aniko Imre and Eve Oishi
OPEN FORM performance organized by Kim Schoen and Lucy Cook, presenting Ania Diakoff
Venue: Women’s Center for Creative Work, Los Angeles, CA
May 20, 2016
Organized by Gosia Wojas
Schedule:
Screening, Polish women artists (1970s-2000s)
Discussion with Aniko Imre and Eve Oishi
OPEN FORM performance organized by Kim Schoen and Lucy Cook, presenting Ania Diakoff
Venue: Women’s Center for Creative Work, Los Angeles, CA
May 20, 2016
Organized by Gosia Wojas