[prologue] new feminism/new europe
29 July 2005 - 18 September 2005

Cornerhouse
70 Oxford Street
Manchester, M1 5NH
UK

cornerhouse.org

[prologue] new feminism/new europe is a radical and witty exhibition by female artists examining the complex social, economic and cultural position of women in the new Europe, addressing prejudice against the word ‘feminist’ through art and media.

Over 25 artists, from 17 countries present interactive installations, film, video, photography, sculpture, sound works, live-art and interventions revealing the new socio-economic position of women in Europe, their changing lifestyles and how these issues affect their political force.

The [prologue] artists are: Jamika Ajalon (UK/USA); Candida TV (Italy/Norway); Chicks on Speed (Germany/USA); Eri Daka (Albania); foreign investment (UK); Frances Goodman (Belgium/South Africa); Katarzyna Górna (Poland); Marina Gr<eth>iniæ and Aina Sımid (Slovenia); Beverley Hood (UK); Anna Jermolaewa (Russia/Austria); Sabine Maier (Austria); Anita Mörth and Sol Haring (Austria); Hajnal Németh (Hungary); Hanna Nowicka (Poland); Senam Okudzeto (Ghana, UK, USA); Tanja Ostojic (Serbia-Montenegro/Germany); Laura Pawela (Poland); Nicole Pruckermayr (Austria); Boryana Dragoeva-Rossa (Bulgaria); Anjalika Sagar (Otilith Group) (UK); Hito Steyerl (Germany); Mare Tralla (Estonia); Tanja Vujinovic & Zvonka Simcic (Slovenia); Boriana Ventzislavova (Bulgaria).

The exhibition has been collectively curated by five curators from participating venues across Europe, insuring the exhibition is a fresh look at the younger generation of artists unafraid to be known as feminists.
[prologue] new feminism/new europe is curated by Cornerhouse’s Kathy Rae Huffman in collaboration with Eva Ursprung an artist and curator from Graz with the collaboration of Reni Hofmüller of esc, Graz; Diana McCarty of Bootlab, Berlin; Marina Grzinic, artist, critic and curator based in Ljubljana; Milena Deleva of InterSpace, Sofia; and Agnieszka Wolodzko of Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk.

In addition to the exhibition in the galleries at Cornerhouse the project includes [prologue] Live, a unique weekend of live-art and music events co-hosted at Green Room, Whitworth Street, Manchester.

Made possible by the kind support of Visiting Arts