“Don’t grab me by my feet or knee or I’ll punch you in the face.”*

In this seminar we will be looking at antiracist and feminist film and media works from the fields of art, cinema and activism past and present. We will analyse – individually, together, and in groups – how our viewpoints are shaped (in part) by our own history and positionedness within society, and how this knowledge can help us develop a critical visual idiom and position.

Using feminist and antiracist critiques of representation, we will define criteria for modes of looking at, discussing and producing things during the seminar. On this basis, you will develop your individual and/or collective artistic projects.

We will work with small exercises, practical and theoretical approaches, and paradoxical interventions. Guest artists and filmmakers will show their works and answer questions. The seminar will be conducted in a gender-aware manner and (if necessary) we will use languages other than the hegemonic German and English. Your criticisms and suggestions will flow into the way the seminar is conducted. In the presentation your projects will be discussed. In the KKP forum dedicated to processes of pedagogy and community building students and lecturers of three KKP seminars come together. 

* Helene Pawlik, in: Moments of Resistance, 2019

Regular and critical participation.
Development and presentation of a film project. 
(Upload of the film 4 days before the presentation). 
Participation in guest lectures, presentations and special events (see Termine).

Time

The two classes, Künstlerische Projektarbeit and Technologien/Praxen, are linked in a double session that will take place on Fridays from 11:00 to 14:30. 
Exceptions:
Guest lecture > Monday, 11:00 to 14:30 
KKP Forum > Monday, 13:15 to 16:45
Presentations > Friday, 11:00 to 17:00

Guest lecture :
> Film director Greta Marie Becker; screening and discussion of her recent documentary film "Germaine Acogny – The Essence of Dance", Germany/France/Senegal 2025, as part of "Dirty Pink Waters of Collectivity"

Special events: 

> KKP forum (with Ricarda Denzer’s and Johannes Porsch’s seminars)

Place
SR 24, Auditorium, Flux 1

Initial discussion session
Friday, 13. March, SR 24, 11:00 to 14:30

Information
jo.schmeiser@uni-ak.ac.at

Max. participants: 15