Lecture series "Aesthetic Dimensions of the Political" Jens Kastner

Jens Kastner: Fight the evil eye! The feminist art collective Polvo de Gallina Negra (1983-1993) in the context of conceptualist and activist practice (via Zoom)

"Art constitutes one of the rare locations where acts of transcendence can take place and have a wide-ranging transformative impact." (bell hooks)

Following bell hooks' conceptualization of art and artistic creation as fundamentally transformative, in the lecture series "Aesthetic Dimensions of the Political: Art, Activism, Participation" in the summer semester 2022 with speakers from different disciplines. They will contribute different fields of activity, thematic priorities and regional focuses that are linked by feminist, queer-feminist and gender-related issues.

The lectures always take place on Mondays from 6 pm in the Kunsthochschul-Nordbau, Menzelstraße 13, room 0605. They are open to the public. Further information and dates