Poetically Messy: Storytelling and Mistranslations

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Poetically Messy: Storytelling and Mistranslations Anna T. and Sofia Bempeza (she-dandy) Join us for an evening of readings and mistranslations, conjuring empowering pasts and imagining abolitionist futures. We will discuss feminist storytelling, migration, silenced women (σιωπηλοποιημένες γυναίκες), queerness, Mediterranean futurism, τις ξεβγαλμένες, class, care, and sexuality. Sofia Bempeza aka She Dandy will share poems from her book “ 93 (παρα)οικειακές ιστορίες για την Ελένη” / 93 (para)domestic stories for Helen, a collection of poems and prosa (A Glimpse of, 2023), and Anna T. will share excerpts from her book “Δiotima; or, Δeir*land: A fragmented stori of arkivs, kolektivism, imaginaʃon, & multituds” (FAC, 2025). THU, May 15th, 6 pm University of Applied Arts Vienna Vordere Zollamtstraße 7, 1030 Wien FLUX 2, 2nd floor Anna T. is an islander living in Vienna. Her artistic practice revolves around writing and themes of queerness and migration. Sofia Bempeza (she-dandy) is working with poetry, performance and theory as part of her* art and educational practice. As part of DIRTY PINK WATERS OF COLLECTIVITY KKP TALKS and WORKSHOPS series on intersectional art pedagogies https://kkp.uni-ak.ac.at/dirty-pink-waters-of-collectivity/

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DIRTY PINK WATERS OF COLLECTIVITY

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