“Feminist Aesthetics for Political Poetics” delves into the challenges and discoveries made during practical work with theater groups, artists and activists from Latin America, Europe and Africa. The objective is to re-frame and re-think perceptions of oppression and the responsibility to initiate change. The used theater methods are focused on structural standpoints and intersectional perspectives, while avoiding the pitfalls of individualizing the issue or assigning blame to the people affected by it.
How can theatre create spaces where reality is not only analysed, but collectively transformed through shared processes of change?
Which images, sounds and movements emerge when we collectively imagine other possible worlds? How can Feminist Aesthetics help us develop dramaturgies that foster transformative dialogues?
The repertoire of original exercises, games, and techniques, using feminist aesthetics from an anti-racist, decolonial, and community perspective. The material employed such as drawings, poetry, media/newspapers, sound and instruments explores taboos and highly sensitive social topics, using art to visualise concrete pathways to fight injustice and to transform reality.
We were happy to host a workshop on feminist aesthetics with the amazing theater facilitator Mariana Villani in Vienna!
Mariana Villani is an Argentinian practitioner of Theatre of the Oppressed and Feminist “Teatro de las oprimidas“. She is a founding member of the International Ma(g)dalena Network and the Latin American Network of Theatre of the Oppressed. She accompanies artistic and pedagogical processes for groups across Latin America and Europe.
This project is funded by the Österreichische Gesellschaft für politische Bildung (ÖGPB) and hosted by TdU Wien in cooperation with FemLink.
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