What does it take, today, for women’s and gender-diverse voices to be heard, both within and beyond the existing art world? And is the question ultimately one of being heard, or of building stronger forms of connectivity and collegiality?
Taking the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA) publication series On Words as both a point of departure and working model, this Salon brings together artist Latifa Echakhch, Elise Lammer and guest speakers to open a conversation around the past and present infrastructures that hold and circulate women’s work.
What does it mean to truly think and act en réseau? How can stronger connections counter the professional and intellectual isolation so often built into existing structures?
Together, we will explore how to build networks that don't just replicate the competitive hierarchies of the traditional cultural sector. More than just a discussion, this Salon is designed as an active space for practical exchange and collective thinking.
Hosted in a private residence in Geneva.
Image credit: Latifa Echakhch, view from the exhibition The Sun and the Set, BPS22, Charleroi, Belgium, 2020, primed theater canvas, paint, steel tubes and straps, dimensions variable, © Latifa Echakhch, Photo: Leslie Artamonow, Courtesy of the artist and the galleries: Dvir, Tel Aviv; kaufmann repetto, Milan; kamel mennour, Paris.
Image credit: Latifa Echakhch, view from the exhibition The Sun and the Set, BPS22, Charleroi, Belgium, 2020, primed theater canvas, paint, steel tubes and straps, dimensions variable, © Latifa Echakhch, Photo: Leslie Artamonow, Courtesy of the artist and the galleries: Dvir, Tel Aviv; kaufmann repetto, Milan; kamel mennour, Paris.