Half of the Sky

Presents, Collective Artwork, Feminismus, Film Production

Short film

■ CONCEPT AND REALIZATION:

Iris Blauensteiner, Dorottya Csécsei, Faika El-Nagashi, Anna Haidegger, Nathalie Koger, Lee Nevo, Luiza Margan, Christiana Perschon, Elena Peytchinska, Marlies Pöschl, Steffi Rauchwarter, Frida Robles, Simona Obholzer, Mona Schwitzer, Miae Son, Katharina Swoboda, Alexandra Tatar, Lisa Truttmann, Seda Tunç

The short film “Half of the Sky” was created for the exhibition “When Gesture Becomes Event” at Künstlerhaus Wien and refers to the kite festivals of the Bauhaus in Weimar.

The Golden Pixel Cooperative, „Half of the Sky”, 2020, Ausstellungsansicht, Künstlerhaus Wien. Foto: Marlies Pöschl — The Golden Pixel Cooperative, “Half of the Sky”, 2020, exhibition view, Künstlerhaus Wien. Photograph: Marlies Pöschl

The Golden Pixel Cooperative, Filmstill aus „Half of the Sky”, 2020 — The Golden Pixel Cooperative, Filmstill from “Half of the Sky”, 2020

The Golden Pixel Cooperative developed its first jointly realized short film, “Half of the Sky”, for the exhibition “When Gesture Becomes Event“ (2020–21) at Künstlerhaus Wien. In this work, the cooperative revisits the kite festivals of the Weimar Bauhaus—festive parades for which kites had been designed as art objects and flying machines since the 1920s. In its homage to the often-overlooked female artists of the Bauhaus, the Golden Pixel Cooperative presents its own interpretation of the Bauhaus’s ideal of integrating art and life. The kites in the short film are dedicated to queer-feminist role models: philosophers, activists, writers, and artists. These kites emerged from a collaborative dialogue between the cooperative's artists and collaborators from various fields. The project fostered a collective reflection on feminist role models and emancipatory practices.