Week 49, Soundings : Sounds and sounding out, literal and metaphorical, are the thematic notes reverberating through this programme.
PlanetHeroines11th March 2021
Week 47, The Flâneuse : Originally the image of strolling or sauntering was ascribed to an affluent male, a literary gentleman from 19th-century France who moved unobserved, through the streets but was always observing.
PlanetHeroines23rd February 2021
Week 46, Carnival : Carnival’s origin lies is a Christian festive season before Lent. Traditionally it is celebrated in countries with a large Catholic presence with parades, street parties and sometimes religious services. Masked figures with wondrous costume may people the streets accompanied by live music.
PlanetHeroines18th February 2021
Week 45 : Hip-hop feminism can be seen as part of Black feminism, the fight for social change in a capitalist system that insists on inequalities based on race, class, gender and heteronormativity. It is a ‘theoretical and practical enactment of intersectional, sex positive and inclusive feminist ideas and concepts that draw…
PlanetHeroines11th February 2021
By Venetia Jolly : This exhibition showcases the different heroinic practices of peacemaking and peacekeeping. Usually defined as freedom from civil disturbance, ‘peace’ appears to be a very simple term on the surface.
PlanetHeroines8th February 2021
By Mariasanta Tedesco : In the realm of Surrealist art, women have been especially overshadowed and underrepresented. However, Surrealism – perhaps above all modernist movements – anticipated the second wave feminism of the 1960s.
PlanetHeroines8th February 2021
By Beatrice Zanca : Feminism’s aim is equality for all. However, this message often gets skewed, as white women are typically the face of feminism.
PlanetHeroines7th February 2021
By Sena Nwosu : The art sphere has long been a place of activism and a tool to address systemic inequality. Though the medium may vary, artists have found innovative ways to challenge how we perceive as well as narrate the world through art.
PlanetHeroines7th February 2021
