50 Feminist Art Manifestos

Katy Deepwell

• Publisher: KT press
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9780992693459
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Arte
• Subtopic: Teoría y crítica del arte

This anthology contains the original manifestos of 50 women artists/feminist groups/feminist protests. Introductory essay by Katy Deepwell, with notes on each manifesto. A print version of this book is available from KT press.

What is a manifesto? A political programme, a declaration, a definitive statement of belief. Neither institutional mission statement, nor religious dogma; neither a poem, nor a book. As a form of literature, manifestos occupy a specific place in the history of public discourse as a means to communicate radical ideas. Distributed as often ephemeral documents, as leaflets or pamphlets in political campaigns or as announcements of the formation of new parties or new avant-gardes, manifestos above all declare what its authors are for and against, and ask people who read them to join them, to understand, to share these ideas. The feminist art manifestos in this anthology do all of these things as they explore the potential and possibilities of women's cultural production as visual artists.

Manifestos by: Yvonne Rainer - Mierle Laderman Ukeles - Agnes Denes - Michele Wallace - Nancy Spero - Monica Sjoo and Anne Berg - Rita Mae Brown - VALIE EXPORT - Carolee Schneemann - Feminist Film and Video Organisations - Klonaris and Thomadaki - Kate Walker - Z.Budapest, U.Rosenbach, S.B.A.Coven - Ewa Partum - Women Artists of Pakistan - Chila Burman - Gisela Breitling - Riot Grrl - EVA and Co. - VNS MATRIX - Xu Hong - Violetta Liagatchev - OLD BOYS NETWORK - Lily Bea Moor - Dora Garcia - SubRosa - ORLAN - Rhani Lee Remedes - Factory of Found Clothes - Feminist Art Action Brigade - Mette Ingvartsen - ARCO - YES! Association/Föreningen JA! - Arahmaiani - Elke Krystufek - Guerrilla Girls - Julie Perini - Elizabeth M Stephens and Annie M. Sprinkle - Lucia Tkacova and Anetta Mona Chisa - Linda Mary Montano - Lenka Clayton - Silvia Ziranek - Alexandra Pirici and Raluca Voinea - Representatives of Prague Art Institutions - n i i c h e g o d e l a t - Gluklya (Natalia Pershina -Jakimanskaya) - Not Surprised - Permanent Assembly of Women Art Workers - Feminist Art and Architecture Collective - MANIFIESTO NO, NEIN, NIET!!!!!

Table of contents

• Frontispiece
• COPYRIGHT
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• KATY DEEPWELL - NEGOTIATIONS
• NOTES ON 50 MANIFESTOS
• 1. YVONNE RAINER - NO MANIFESTO (1965) - A MANIFESTO RECONSIDERED (2008)
• 2. MIERLE LADERMAN UKELES - MANIFESTO FOR MAINTENANCE ART 1969!
• 3. AGNES DENES - A MANIFESTO (1969)
• 4. MICHELE WALLACE - MANIFESTO OF WSABAL (1970)
• 5. NANCY SPERO - FEMINIST MANIFESTO (c. 1970-1971)
• 6. MONICA SJOO AND ANNE BERG - IMAGES ON WOMANPOWER - ARTS MANIFESTO (1971)
• 7. RITA MAE BROWN - A MANIFESTO FOR THE FEMINIST ARTIST (1972)
• 8. VALIE EXPORT - WOMAN'S ART: A MANIFESTO (1972)
• 9. CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN - WOMAN IN THE YEAR 2000 (1974)
• 10. ON-GOING WOMANIFESTO (1975)
• 11. KLONARIS AND THOMADAKI - MANIFESTO FOR A RADICAL FEMININITY FOR AN OTHER CINEMA (1977)
• 12. KATE WALKER - ART MANifest VERSUS ARTS FEMINISTO(1977)
• 13. Z.BUDAPEST, U.ROSENBACH, S.B.A.COVEN - FIRST MANIFESTO ON THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION OF WOMEN (1978)
• 14. EWA PARTUM - CHANGE, MY PROBLEM IS A PROBLEM OF A WOMAN (1979)
• 15. WOMEN ARTISTS OF PAKISTAN MANIFESTO (1983)
• 16. CHILA BURMAN - THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT BLACKWOMEN ARTISTS (1986)
• 17. GISELA BREITLING - FEMINIST MANIFESTO (1989)
• 18. RIOT GRRL MANIFESTO (1991)
• 19. EVA AND CO - THE MANIFESTO (1992)
• 20. VNS MATRIX - BITCH MUTANT MANIFESTO (1994)
• 21. XU HONG - WALKING OUT OF THE ABYSS: MY FEMINIST CRITIQUE (1994)
• 22. VIOLETTA LIAGATCHEV - CONSTITUTION INTEMPESTIVE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE INTERNATIONALE DES ARTISTES FEMMES (1995)
• 23. OLD BOYS NETWORK - 100 ANTI-THESES (1997)
• 24. LILY BEA MOOR - LILIES OF THE VALLEY UNITE! OR NOT (1998)
• 25. DORA GARCIA - 100 IMPOSSIBLE ARTWORKS (2001)
• 26. SUBROSA - REFUGIA: MANIFESTO FOR BECOMING AUTONOMOUS ZONES (BAZ)(2002)
• 27. ORLAN - CARNAL ART MANIFESTO (2002)
• 28. RHANI LEE REMEDES - THE S.C.U.B. MANIFESTO (2002)
• 29. MANIFESTO OF FACTORY OF FOUND CLOTHES (2002)
• 30. FEMINIST ART ACTION BRIGADE - MANIFESTO (2003)
• 31. METTE INGVARTSEN - YES MANIFESTO (2004)
• 32. ARCO MANIFESTO (2005)
• 33. YES! ASSOCIATION/FÖRENINGEN JA! - JÄMLIKHETSAVTAL #1 (THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AGREEMENT #1)(2005)
• 33. YES! ASSOCIATION/FÖRENINGEN JA! - Equality-Diversity Agreement (2010)
• 34. ARAHMAIANI - LETTER TO MARINETTI (2009)
• 34. ARAHMAIANI - MANIFESTO OF THE SCEPTICS (2009)
• 35. ELKE KRYSTUFEK - DAS SEX IST IM TEXT (2009)
• 36. GUERRILLA GIRLS - GUIDE TO BEHAVING BADLY (2010)
• 37. JULIE PERINI - RELATIONAL FILMMAKING MANIFESTO (2010)
• 38. ELIZABETH M.STEPHENS AND ANNIE M.SPRINKLE - ECOSEX MANIFESTO (2011)
• 39. ANETTA MONA CHISA and LUCIA TKACOVA - 80 : 20 (2011)
• 40. LINDA MARY MONTANO - MONEY IS GREEN TOO MANIFESTO (2011)
• 41. LENKA CLAYTON - AN ARTIST'S RESIDENCY IN MOTHERHOOD MANIFESTO (2011-2012)
• 42. SILVIA ZIRANEK - MANIFESTA (2013)
• 43. ALEXANDRA PIRICI AND RALUCA VOINEA - MANIFESTO FOR THE GYNECENE - SKETCH OF A NEW GEOLOGICAL ERA (2015)
• 44. REPRESENTATIVES OF PRAGUE ART INSTITUTIONS - FEMINIST (ART) INSTITUTION - CODE OF PRACTICE (2017)
• 45. n i i c h e g o d e l a t (RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DOING NOTHING) (2017-2021)
• 46. GLUKLYA (Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya) - MANIFESTO OF THE UTOPIAN UNION OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE (2017)
• 47. WE ARE NOT SURPRISED(WANS) - ‘OPEN LETTER’ (2017)
• 48. PERMANENT ASSEMBLY OF WOMEN ART WORKERS - WE PROPOSE: DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT TO FEMINIST PRACTICES IN ART (2017)
• 49. FEMINIST ART AND ARCHITECTURE COLLECTIVE - TO MANIFEST (2018)
• 50. MANIFIESTO NO, NEIN, NIET !!!!! (2018)
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