Soraya Vasconcelos
"P"
exposição de fotografia

Inauguração dia 15 de Setembro das 16h00 às 20h00
Patente até 27 de Outubro.

SOPRO - Projecto de Arte Contemporânea
Rua das Fontaínhas, 40 (Alcântara) Lisboa

BIOdrag

"Biodrag in the vernacular, is a term used to designate people
performing the gender of their assigned, “biological” sex. The
Biodrag performance art project is a lived experiment in personal
gender boundary transgression. Rather than donning exaggerated
costumes, we dress in our own clothing, recombining pieces to
create an alternate gender reality. We create gender expressions
that are close to our daily experience; genders that we feel we
should live up to but do not, genders that we could have been;
genders that make us uncomfortable; and/or genders that we actively
try not to be in “real” life. We use society in general as a stage
and most people have no idea that we are conducting a performance.
The seemingly subtle changes we make open a surprisingly intense
psychological space in which we begin to reevaluate our personal
gender expressions and ultimately our sense of who we are."

see
biodrag

Ana Luísa Amaral distinguida pelo Comité do Prémio Giuseppe Acerbi

Ana Luísa Amaral, 51 anos, natural de Lisboa e docente da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, foi congratulada com a distinção literária italiana dedicada a Portugal.

O Comité do Prémio Giuseppe Acerbi* atribuiu a Ana Luísa Amaral o Prémio de Poesia, permitindo, assim, a tradução de parte da sua obra para italiano. Para finais de Setembro está prevista a saída, em italiano, de uma ontologia de poesia sua, em que incluirá alguns inéditos.

Autora de oito livros de poesia, entre eles “A génese do Amor”, Ana Luísa Amaral deslocar-se-á, em Novembro, a Itália, para receber o galardão. Os prémios serão entregues em Mântua na primeira quinzena de Novembro.

*O Prémio Giuseppe Acerbi, do nome do explorador, literato e egiptólogo italiano (1773-1846), foi instituído pelo município de Castel Goffredo, Mântua, para “dar a conhecer e aproximar os povos”. CM/FLUP
(gamado da newsletter da UP)

6 de Setembro
23h:
Adriana Sá, performance: cítara, sensores, percurssão lumínica, imagem 3-D
(http://adrianasa.planetaclix.pt/)
00h:
Photonz dj set

Entrada Livre

Rua de O Século, nº80-88, Lisboa (Bairro Alto, Largo do Século)

something I found on YT that shows some of Adriana's work... Ultrasound festival, with lot's of other people... ULTRASOUND Music Festival -Golan Levin with Zach Lieberman, Jaap Blonk + Joan La Barbara [US / Holland] / Stilluppsteypa [Iceland] / Vindva Mei [Iceland] / Adriana Sá [Portugal] / Kitchen Motors Band [Iceland] / Johann Johannson [Iceland] / Kippi Kaninus [Iceland] / @c+Lia+Vitor Joaquim [Portugal / Austria] / Hilmar Jensson [Iceland] / Ólöf Arnalds [Iceland] / ap [UK] / Nullpointer [UK] / Darri + Thorunn [Iceland] / Mugison [Iceland] / Sumeru [UK] / Ukiyo-e [DJ's, UK] / rand()% [UK

BODYPOLITICX

EXHIBITION 8 Sep - 16 Dec 2007

Witte de With
Center for Contemporary Art

"A censor is someone who knows more than he thinks you ought to."

Why does pornography have such a bad reputation? Everybody has an opinion about porn. Most profess not to like it and many claim to have never even seen any. Yet, beyond a simple or dictionary definition, the question "what is porn?" remains almost impossible to answer. Even a Supreme Court judge was stumped, saying of pornography: "I don't know what it is, but I recognize it when I see it".

This group exhibition does not seek to provide one simple response. Nor does it take sides in the for-or-against debate about pornography. Instead, BODYPOLITICX poses further questions: Does porn symbolize patriarchal structures and the oppression of women? Are porn films a reflection of existing socio-sexual relationships? What is taboo when everything around us is sexualized and yet sexual practices remain un-discussable? Is pornography to blame for the destruction of sexuality?

In Europe during the Middle Ages, sexuality was an unknown concept. Sexual intercourse and masturbation were not stigmatized with shame. Irrespective of gender, satisfying one's desires was seen as a way to remain healthy. Not until the 16th century -- with the beginnings of industrialization, the division of labor and hence a greater emphasis on social- and self-control -- was a lack of sexual discipline declared taboo, and sexuality banished to the private domain.

The concept of 'modern pornography' arose with the expansion of printing during the 18th century. Initially it was used by free-thinkers as a tool to criticize the religious and political authorities, and was not primarily intended as a means of sexual stimulation. Only with advancing industrialization and the invention of photography did pornography become a category in its own right.

With a focus upon the 20th and 21st centuries, this exhibition takes a contemporary look at an age-old fascination, seeing sex through the eyes of over 70 artists, filmmakers, activists, photo-journalists, musicians and magazine editors. By means of visual juxtaposition, the exhibition sets out to examine the demarcation of the sex industry, subculture, pop, performance and art.

BODYPOLITICX asks: If we have learnt from Shakespeare what love is, what can we learn from the cultural practice of pornography?


Artists
48, Louisa Achille, Nic Andrews, Joanna Angel, Kenneth Anger, Fernando Arias, Martin Arnold, James Avalon, Fiona Banner, Thomas Bayrle, Willem van Batenburg, Belladonna, Andrew Blake, Bruce LaBruce, Angela Bulloch, Tom Burr, Butt Magazine, Marc Bijl, Marilyn Chambers, Larry Clark, Gerard Damiano, Nathalie Djurberg, Rinse Dream, Marcel Duchamp, Elmgreen & Dragset, Andrea Fraser, General Idea, Jean Genet, Girls Like Us, Garry Gross, Guerrilla Girls, Sachiko Hanai, Roswitha Hecke, Hustler Magazine, Dorothy Iannone, Robert Indiana, Jenna Jameson, William E. Jones, Richard Kern, Edward & Nancy Kienholz, Terence Koh, Bernd Krauß, Stanley Kubrick, Yayoi Kusama, Michael Laub & Dean Proctor, Zoe Leonard, Joep van Lieshout, Tracy Lords, Joseph Maida, Robert Mapplethorpe, Dorit Margreiter, Dona Ann McAdams, Malcolm McLaren/Vivienne Westwood, Eon McKai, Olaf Metzel, John Miller, Jim & Artie Mitchell, Robert Mueller, Otto Mühl, Bruce Nauman, Henrik Olesen, Fritz Ostermayer, Panik Qulture, Haris Pellapaisiotis, Richard Prince, Iwata Roku, Martha Rosler, Doug Sakmann, Carolee Schneemann, Brooke Shields, Snoop Dogg, Valerie Solanas, Annie Sprinkle, SUPERM, Paul Thomas, Erik Visser, Lawrence Weiner, Octavio Winkytiki, Johannes Wohnseifer, Nick Zedd, Jack the Zipper.

Curated by
Florian Waldvogel
Thomas Edlinger

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Lab.65 Galeria

Rua Mártires da Liberdade, 65 (ao Gira Pratos)

NEW LINKS

some of the new links at my feminist delicious... /// links feministas

International Alliance for Women in Music
"The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) is a global network of women and men working to increase and enhance musical activities, opportunities and promote all aspects of the music of women. The IAWM builds awareness of women's contributions to musical life through"


genders online journal
"we publish essays about gender and sexuality in relation to social, political, artistical and economical concerns"


feminist philosophers
"Feminist philosophy, more than most areas of philosophy, needs to be informed by real-world information and examples. One of our goals is to help feminist philosophers keep up with philosophically relevant facts and examples. Of course, there’s far more than we could ever hope to cover, but at least this is a start. By using ‘categories’, one can easily find useful examples for teaching and research. We’re also hoping that feminists who aren’t philosophers may find some philosophical reflections and references helpful and interesting. And, sometimes, we’ll just post things that are good for a laugh. Because we all need that. Do let us know if you think there’s something we should be covering that we’re not, by clicking on the ‘contact’ category. We’ll see what we can do."