According to Nordico Stadtmuseum, the exhibition What the Fem*? makes a discursive contribution to feminism by placing current artistic positions in dialogue with documentation of local feminist actions and performances from the last 70 years. The exhibits demonstrate how the political movement today, as in the past, has dealt with questions of equality, role attributions and their social consequences. It is precisely this form of debate that What the Fem*? also aims to evoke in the minds of the public.
Feminism! A word that is hotly debated, ignored, suppressed and defended – in short: a term that polarizes. Feminism is both a range of ideas, a variety of theorizations, a political movement, a package of demands and practices, as well as an attitude, a way of life, many ways of life. In a nutshell: there is no such thing as feminism. This exhibition is an offer to deal with all these topics, to empathize, to take on new perspectives, but also to express yourself, to enter into dialogue, to ask questions, to find answers and to ask new questions.
Idea and curation by Klaudia Kreslehner, using Bastardo Grotesk and Boris (Giulia Boggio)