THE PROTAGONIST

I've been so busy with exercising, cooking and painting that I forgot all about International Women's Day yesterday... which is very unfortunate since I was part of this fantastic screening of performance & video works by female artists in celebration of its100th anniversary:

8th March 2011

SLET 080311 – Flocking of birds

To mark 100 years since the first International Women’s Day, and in honour of female courage, determination and achievement Performans klub Fiskulturnik presents, a celebratory slice of present-day performance & video by a diverse, digital sisterhood.

Slet 080311 is conceived as an international digital festival of works by female artists who use their own body as an expressive tool or are exploring a concept of the body / identity through image and movement. Featuring eclectic footage – from live & performance art, through circus and dance, to photography and video - Slet 080311 is a versatile collection of works created by both emerging and established contemporary artists.

The footage will be webcast on-line at fiskultura.com and simultaneously screened, at a number of cities in Europe on the 8th of March 2011 - the 100th International Women’s day. Conceptualising each artist as a cell, equally essential in the construction of this collective digital body, the participants connect into a creative mass that celebrates and commemorates the history of female suffrage, feminist movements and universal themes around female identity. All in all– a true flocking of ‘birds’! 

U povodu 100. obljetnice Međunarodnog dana žena, Performans klub Fiskulturnik proslavlja hrabrost, odlučnost i podvige ostvarene u proteklih sto godina borbe za ženska prava i rodnu jednakost projektom Slet 080311. Međunarodni je to digitalni festival autorica koje koriste svoje tijelo kao izražajni instrument ili pak istražuju tematiku ženskog tijela/identiteta. Raznovrsni radovi, od performansa preko cirkuskih vještina i suvremenog plesa do videa i fotografije, kako novih tako i etabliranih umjetnica, prenosit će se na internetu putem live streaminga na fiskultura.com te istovremeno prikazivati u gradovima Istre i Europe 8. ožujka 2011. Udružene u svojevrsno kolektivno sestrinstvo koje na stoti Međunarodni dan žena nezaustavljivo struji virtualnim teritorijem, sudionice će se dotaći kako povijesti feminističkih pokreta tako i univerzalnih tema ženske osobnosti.

Participating artists: Anna Furse featuring Marie-Gabrielle Rotie, Anne Bean in collaboration with Poshya Kakl, Vlasta Delimar, Efi Ben-David & Sinead O’Donnell (PAVES), Curious, Deepa Craig, Elena Skoko, Emma Hart, Emma Katherine Skeldon, Gina Czarnecki, Ivana Peranić, Ivana Nataša Turković, Julijana Kocanović Grubić, Kira O'Reilly, Lara Ritoša Roberts & PKF, Lisa Flynn, Lucy Cash, Lydia Maria Julien, Megumi Eda, Nataša Stanić/Erika Cuk & SDNA, Nela Milić, Nhandan Chirco, Nikolina Nikoleski, Olja Stipanović, Oriana Fox, Piglet & Butcher Boy, Polona Dolžan, Rebecca Feiner, Sanna Kuittinen, Silvia Pavone, Sonia Boyce & Ain Bailey, Sophie Kasser & Moveo, Stacy Makishi, Susanne Ohmann, Valentina Lacmanovic, Verónica Pérez Karleson, Virginia García Ramos and Zory Shahrokhi.

The event is conceived and curated by Lara Ritosa Roberts, produced by PERFORMANCE KLUB FISKULTURNIK with the financial support of the Istrian Department of Culture (ISTARSKA ŽUPANIJA – REGIONE ISTRIANA / UPRAVNI ODJEL ZA KULTURU – ASSESSORATO ALLA CULTURA) & Performance Klub Fiskulturnik members.

Slet 080311 osmislila je Lara Ritoša Roberts, koja je i kustosica projekta, a financijski su ga pomogli Istarska županija-Regione Istriana/Upravni odjel za kulturu-Assessorato alla cultura te članovi Performans kluba Fiskulturnik.

Slet 080311 screenings / Slet 080311 prikazuju:

Streaming / On-line transmisija:

fiskultura.com, livestream.com/slet080311 & Facebook