Framed Existences

Contextualises, Ecology, Memory, Political, Symposium

SYMPOSIUM

■ DATE:

30.11.2018 | 16:00–21:00

■ LOCATION:

Medienwerkstatt Wien
Neubaugasse 40a, 1070 Vienna

■ CONCEPT AND REALIZATION:

Katharina Swoboda, Lydia Nsiah, Lisa Truttmann and Marlies Pöschl

■ GUESTS:

Jana Seehusen, Nika Autor, Sílvia das Fadas, Angela Anderson

Vortrag Jana Seehusen, „framing with/out frames“, Symposium „Framed Existences“, 2019 — Lecture Jana Seehusen, "framing with/out frames", symposium "Framed Existences", 2019

Vortrag Nika Autor, „Aesthetics in Politically Engaged and Committed Artistic Practice“, Symposium „Framed Existences“, 2019 — Lecture Nika Autor, "Aesthetics in Politically Engaged and Committed Artistic Practice", symposium "Framed Existences", 2019

Vortrag Sílvia das Fadas, „Auguries for a Non-Hierarchical Framing and Flourishing“, Symposium „Framed Existences“, 2019 — Lecture Sílvia das Fadas, "Auguries for a Non-Hierarchical Framing and Flourishing", symposium "Framed Existences", 2019

Vortrag Angela Anderson, „Three (or More) Ecologies: A Feminist Articulation of Eco-Intersectionality“, Symposium „Framed Existences“, 2019 — Lecture Angela Anderson, "Three (or More) Ecologies: A Feminist Articulation of Eco-Intersectionality", symposium "Framed Existences", 2019

"Framed Existences" addresses various artistic strategies of depicting the world and its social, political, and ecological systems. Their specific approaches to ‘framing’ humans and non-humans contribute significantly to our perception of the subject involved. As a result, they produce social, political, and cultural valuations and effects. In her lecture, artist and writer Jana Seehusen addresses history and memory in film and explores how memory becomes visible, or ‘actualized,’ through the act of framing in Lola Arias’ "Teatro de Guerra" (2018). Artist Nika Autor presents her work with the “Newsreel Front” (“Obzorniška Fronta”) collective, which understands the newsreel as an emancipatory and engaged practice. Filmmaker Sílvia das Fadas provides insight into her current film project by talking about “Auguries for a Non-Hierarchical Framing and Flourishing,” and looking at the ruins of a commune in Alentejo, Portugal. Film artist Angela Anderson presents her audio-visual research project "Three (or more) Ecologies", which juxtaposes the Dakotas (US) and Rojava (northern Syria) by focusing on the local women’s resistance against ecologically harmful machines of the capitalist military-industrial complex.