54th October Salon no one belongs here more than y ou The Living Archive: Curating Feminist Knowledge Edited by Red Min(e)d (Jelena Petrović and Katja Kobolt, Danijela Dugandžić Živanović, Dunja Kukovec) in collaboration with Jelena Vesić, editor of the Living Archive Curatorial School www.oktobarskisalon.org Publisher Translation Cultural centre of Belgrade Zoran Lojanica, Vladimir Jerić Vlidi, Ksenija Latinović Knez Mihailova 6/I 11 000 Belgrade Translation editing Serbia Jelena Petrović, Rachel O’Reilly, Jelena Vesić www.kcb.org.rs Proofreading On behalf of the publisher Eric Dean Scott (English), Isidora Sekulić (Serbian) Mia David Zarić, director Technical editing 2 Editors Jelena Petrović, Katja Kobolt, 3 Red Min(e)d (Jelena Petrović and Katja Kobolt, Aleksandra Estela Bjelica Mladenović Danijela Dugandžić Živanović, Dunja Kukovec) in collaboration with Jelena Vesić, the editor Visual identity, Graphic Design, Layout of the Living Archive Curatorial School Saša Kerkoš www.bringintakeout.wordpress.com Photos by Authors Duško Jelen, Ana Kostić, Tina Smrekar, Vladimir Jerić a.7außeneinsatz (Margret Schütz, Greta Hoheisel), Vlidi, Milica Lopičić and others Vladimir Bjeličić, Olga Dimitrijević, Angela Dimitrakaki and Lara Perry, Stefano Faoro, Róza Printed by El-Hassan, h.arta (Maria Crista, Anca Gyemant, Cicero Rodica Tache), Vladimir Jerić Vlidi, Sava Jokić and Mirjana Dragosavljević, Radmila Krstajić, Elke Print run Krasny, Sonja Lau, Tanja Marković (with Adriana 300 CIP - Каталогизација у публикацији Zaharijević, Katarina Lončarević, Nađa Duhaček, Народна библиотека Србије, Београд Iva Nenić, Ksenija Stevanović), The Museum of Non © Cultural Centre of Belgrade, October Salon Participation (Karen Mirza and Rachel Anderson), and authors 73/77:069.9(497.11)”2013”(082) Ana Nedeljković, Alexis O’Hara, Rachel O’Reilly, www.oktobarskisalon.org 7.01:305-055.2(082) Vijai Patchineelam, Marcel Dickhage and Cathleen 316.7(082) Schuster, Marija Ratković, Jelena Vesić, Lidija Radojević, Red Min(e)d FIFTY-fourth October Salon 54th October Salon: No One Belongs Here Participants of the Living Archive More Than You : the living archive: Curatorial School curating feminist knowledge / edited by Sonja Lau, Marcel Dickhage, Cathleen Schuster, Jelena Petrović ... [et al.] ; [translation Zoran Lojanica, Vladimir Jerić, Ksenija Vijai Patchineelam, Stefano Faoro, Rachel O’Reilly, Latinović ; photos by Duško Jelen ... [et al.]]. - Belgrade : Cultural Centre of Amani Maihoub, Radmila Krstajić, Mirjana Belgrade, 2014 (Belgrade : Cicero). - 208 str. : ilustr. ; 21 cm Dragosavljević, Olga Dimitrijević, Vladimir Jerić Vlidi, Vladimir Bjelčić, Sava Jokić, Tanja Marković Izv. stv. nasl.: 54. Oktobarski salon: niko ne pripada tu više nego ti. - Tiraž 300. - Napomene i bibliografske reference uz svaki rad. ISBN 978-86-7996-130-3 a) Октобарски салон (54 ; 2013 ; Београд) - Зборници b) Уметност - Феминизам - Зборници c) Социологија културе - Зборници COBISS.SR-ID 208350220 c ontent 8 - 9 58 - 71 116 - 118 162 - 169 Alexis O’Hara Vladimir Jerić Vlidi Adriana Zaharijević Lidija Radojević Coping mechanisms for “Heads on to the strawberry bush” Situating knowledge Art practices: between passive endangered species creation and active production 72 - 74 120 - 124 12 - 15 Red Min(e)d Katarina Lončarević 170 - 173 4 Red Min(e)d The future of the present: from Feminist epistemologies: “serious” a.7außeneinsatz 5 No one belongs here more social imagination to political theories or “irrational old wives’ Bodies, histories – embodied than you articulation tales”? history of/in an exhibition space 16 - 22 76 - 82 126 - 127 174 - 178 The Museum of Non Participation Rachel O’Reilly Nađa Duhaček Elke Krasny The Patriarchal Clock On july-style, or, to whom does the Feminist pedagogy Redrawing the lines between art, (art) world belong? history, movements and politics. 24 - 27 130 - 132 Toward a feminist historiography Vijai Patchineelam 84 - 87 Iva Nenić of exhibition-making and curating Untitled Sonja Lau ‘To experience art’ as a form of No one belongs here (or: Feminism feminist knowledge of the world 180 - 185 28 - 29 is not an island of felicity) Ana Nedeljković Red Min(e)d 134 - 136 ARTEDU: 2013 October salon Where and what is a museum? 88 - 95 Ksenija Stevanović Jelena Vesić The space of (self)listening 186 - 191 30 - 35 Exhibition as scripted space: Stefano Faoro Olga Dimitrijević The modes of production and 138 - 142 In the meanwhile, in the small Handiwork the production of modes Red Min(e)d room in the rear of the building… Feminist exposure with(in) the 36 - 39 96 - 100 living archive? 192 - 201 Radmila Krstajić Vladimir Bjeličić Róza El-Hassan The comfort of discomfort Reality or illusion – another 146 - 153 On collectivity contemporary art exhibition? h.arta 40 - 47 Some fragments about art and life 202 - 205 Marcel Dickhage and Cathleen 102 - 111 Red Min(e)d Shuster Sava Jokić and Mirjana 154 - 160 Production in times of trouble Three mirror images of the Dragosavljević Angela Dimitrakaki and Lara Perry same color From collectivity to participatory Towards a rethinking of feminist art practices intervention 48 - 55 Marija Ratković 112 - 115 The October Salon as theatre Tanja Marković directed by impossibility Feminist networks of knowledge production and exchange 6 >> 7 Alexis O’Hara is a transdisciplinary artist whose work comprises elements of cabaret, pop music, spoken Another study found that 60% of American women between 18 and 24 are completely devoid of word, stand-up comedy, vocals and electronics, photography and sound installation. The eclecticism of her pubic hair. Many men, like Bob Fitzpatrick, a finance student at the University of Michigan, say work attracts international programmers from various disciplines. She has presented work in Scotland, they are much more likely to perform oral sex on a female partner if she has no pubic hair at all. Austria, Mexico, Germany, Belgium, France, England, Ireland, Slovenia, Australia, Switzerland, the U.S. and across Canada. She lives and works in Montreal. “I feel cleaner down there, when I’ve been completely waxed,” says Mindy Lewis, a 22-year-old student from Oklahoma. alexis o ’hara The Ivory-billed Woodpecker feminist died in 1987 when she married a rich man and no longer had to think about things like pay equity and the low conviction rate for rapists in the Western world. 8 9 COPING MECHANISMS The Bush Wren feminist, concerned that any sort of activism would make her unattractive to the opposite sex, put on a corset and died in FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES 2009 in Alberta, Canada. The Tasman Cvorak feminist has been extinct ever since the Alexis O’Hara, performance, Belgrade, 2013 Buranovskiye Baboushki lost the 2012 Eurovision competition. Good evening. Do not panic. Survival is a state of mind. When you recognize the seriousness of When nothing happens and the dismantling of oppressive consumerist structures isn’t imminent, your situation, the ensuing stress can weaken your ability to think and plan. Please understand feelings of boredom and loneliness can creep up on you. Your reaction can often be more of a that the dominant socio-political corporate structure is neither for you nor specifically against problem to your survival than any physical factors such as pain, cold, thirst or hunger. you. Set aside your initial fear. Keep in mind that while you cannot control the cultural hegemony, Foraging for enlightenment is a good way to avoid boredom and maintain a positive attitude by you can control how you operate and live within it. planning and doing activities that, hopefully, will improve your situation. The last captive specimen of the King Island Emu feminist died in 1822. The Carolina Parakeet feminist graduated from university, found a nice The Finsch’s Duck feminist possibly survived until 1870. husband with a good job in local government, decided that feminists The Great Auk feminist was hunted to extinction in the late 19th century, were all hairy-legged dykes and committed hari-kari in front of a Zara her down & feathers prized for use in mattress construction. boutique in downtown Cologne. Fear, frustration and feelings of boiling rage are normal, but beware as they can affect your ability Misogyny can be one of the most dangerous threats to survival. It is most important that to live in a sexist hetero-normative society. You must recognize your fears and, using common misogyny be recognized as early as possible. Fortunately, symptoms are easily recognized and sense, channel the energy that fear generates into becoming more alert, aware and motivated. preventive measures will avoid a tragedy. Once the most common feminists in the Americas, the last of the Avoid panic and stay calm. Keep busy, both mentally and physically. Make decisions and act on Passenger Pigeon feminists died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. them. Think positively and plan solutions to problems. You have only one life to live. The Canarian Oystercatcher feminist was last sighted organizing a make-your-own menstrual pad workshop in 2005. Srećno! And remember: No one belongs here more than you! The last of the Bar-winged Rail feminists died on the operating table, undergoing a routine liposuction procedure (c. 1980). Pain is nature’s way of making you pay attention to something wrong with you. But nature also has a way of buffering the pain connected to fascism, sexism, racism, homophobia and corporate greed. You may be too busy – trying to feed your family, pay your rent, develop your artist statement, get your father into an alcoholic rehabilitation program – to pay immediate attention to your psychic injuries. Remember, a special effort must, and can, be made to keep your hopes up, remain positive, and keep working for spiritual survival and emancipation. A recent poll in USA Today found people are twice as likely to consider calling someone a feminist to be an insult (23%) rather than a compliment (12%). Just 14% of Republican women would label themselves feminist. Fewer than one in ten women aged 25 to 29 identified with feminism.