Katedra [The Department] – public lecture series on Queer!
18. 11. 2021 at 18.00 (on-line)
From the unintentional to the appealing
Lenka Kukurová
Join the lecture here: http://shorturl.at/nHP15Queer theme in Slovak contemporary art will be introduced with the help of two case studies of works by Pavlína Fichta Černá and Martin Piaček. While Piaček's work entitled Milan Rastislav Štefánik as Anna Daučíková touches upon queer themes rather unintentionally and without authorial intention, Pavlína Ficht Čierna's series entitled For Punishment is an activist appeal for a change in the status and acceptance of trans people in society. The comparison of different artistic approaches will be complemented by a curatorial framing of the presentation of the works in exhibition situations.
19. 11. 2021 at 16.00 (on-line)
Queer Stories
Christiane Erharter
Join the lecture here: http://shorturl.at/amxX5In this presentation I show an international selection of artists whose practices deal with queer histories / herstories / stories with a focus on gay and lesbian histories of former socialist countries. Central are the questions: How did socialism affect sexual identities (Anna Daučíková)? How did war, especially the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s, affect queer identities (Ana Hoffner)? I present works that deal with subjects and subjectivities that have evolved within the queer context. They do not focus on the coming-out scenario as the problem that kicks-off the narrative, but rather use queer subjectivity as a canvas to unfold lives and worlds which are intended to make sense for those in the know – not for those who need explanations. I discuss works by Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, Cabello/Carceller, Anna Daučíková, Robert Gabris, Ana Hoffner, Ivan Jurica, Toni Schmale.
30. 11. 2021 at 18.00 (on-line)
Queer past in the past
Michal Mako
You can join the lecture here: http://shorturl.at/adwE1History is an endless well of diverse stories and events, from which individuals, small groups of the population, minorities, majorities, nations or humanity themselves choose what is important for their forming a picture of not only historical reality. What historical events or personalities were most often remembered by the Czechoslovak "queer" community in the period of the First Republic (1918-1938) and why?
2. 12. 2021 at 18.00 (on-line)
The Power and the Limits of Queer Art and Activism in Poland
Pawel Leszkowicz
You can join the lecture here: http://shorturl.at/fjuBLThis lecture explores contemporary queer art, activism, ideas and politics in Poland under the homophobic far right government. I will examine queer art and recent LGBTQ history and activism through the work of individual artists/activist and themed exhibitions. While examining the politics and aesthetics of queer activism and art, I will address the vulnerabilities of artivism (!) and, on the other hand, its role as platform for LGBTQ subjectivities, as well as an agency for the fight for democracy in the region. I will consider the issue of artivism in a comparative international context.
9. 12. 2021 at 18.00 (on-line)
Stimulating Emotions: The Visual Archive of Homosexual Aversion Therapy
Kate Davison
You can join the lecture here: http://shorturl.at/gzW89
Visual material offers a rich archive for investigating emotional valences in the history of sexual psychiatry, especially concerning the role of the body and both individual and collective feelings. In this talk, I will focus on two sets of images. One is the photographic and filmic imagery produced and used by psychiatrists and psychologists in homosexual aversion therapy. The other consists of images used in the gay press of the early 1970s to illustrate, represent and lampoon aversion therapy and its practitioners, designed to evoke collective horror, disgust and derision among readers. This took place in a context of contemporary political critiques of cybernetics and authoritarianism, and a growing, strategic discourse around human rights, all of which found reflection in an energetic anti-psychiatry movement. Reading this visual archive for emotional meaning, dissonance, fantasy and intent, I compare the intended effects, affects and target audiences of these two contrasting sets of images in shaping patient and public responses to the psychiatric establishment.
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