International seminar "Gendered (In)visibilities: Contemporary Art and Curatorial Practice in Russia and Europe"

Date

Schedule

16.00–20.30

Place

DESCRIPTION

During this one-day seminar, leading academic researchers and curators explore the dynamics of gender, its representations in contemporary art, and implications for cultural workers in the context of the Russian Federation and Europe.

This international seminar consists of three parts. The first one focuses on the Russian context: Garage curator Sasha Obukhova will reflect on female curators’ contribution to an institutional history of Russian art in the 1990s, followed by Margarita Kuleva (Higher School of Economics), a cultural sociologist, who will share the results of her recent ethnographic study of gendered cultural work in Russian institutions. The second part is devoted to international and translocal contexts: cultural scholar and curator Vlad Strukov (University of Leeds) will present the concept of "gender on the move", while Panos Kompatsiáris will demonstrate a critical analysis on the "curatorial statements" of international art biennials.  The seminar will close with the round table “Biennale - Binary?” with the participation of international curators and researchers Zippora Elders (Netherlands), Kaspars Vanags (Latvia), and Julia Bethwaite (Finland).

The event  is supported by the Centre for German and European Studies (St. Petersburg State University – Bielefeld University) in a partnership with the University of Leeds, National Research University Higher School of Economics, and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. 

HOW TO TAKE PART

Free admission

The seminar will be held in English and Russian with simultaneous translation.

Schedule

Welcome by Margarita Kuleva and Vlad Strukov

Date
Thursday, November 22
Time
16:00
Place

Session 1. Sasha Obukhova, Women in the Institutional History of Russian Visual Art (Moscow case)

Date
Thursday, November 22
Time
16.10–16.40
Place

Session 1. Margarita Kuleva, Love, fame, tragedy and paperwork: gendered cultural work in Russian and British institutions

Date
Thursday, November 22
Time
16.40–17.10
Place

Session 2. Olesya Turkina (The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg) TBA

Date
Thursday, November 22
Time
17.30–17.45
Place

Session 2. Vlad Strukov, Gender on the move: Art from the south of the Russian Federation in a transnational perspective

Date
Thursday, November 22
Time
17:45–18:15
Place

Session 2. Panos Kompatsiaris, Curatorial Statements in Large Scale Biennials: The Production of Authorship and Value in Contemporary Art Economies

Date
Thursday, November 22
Time
18:15–18:45
Place

Session 3. Discussion Biennial or Binary?

Julia Bethwaite (University of Tampere), Zippora Elders (Kunstfort bij vijfhuizen), Alisa Prudnikova (Ural Industrial Biennale), Caspars Vanags (Riboca)

Date
Thursday, November 22
Time
19:00–20:15
Place

Concluding remarks: Vlad Strukov and Margarita Kuleva

Date
Thursday, November 22
Time
20:15–20:30
Place