Since last October, the growing instrumentalization of anti-Semitism by Zionist groups around the world, including those who identify with feminisms and the anti-fascist movement, is notorious. A few months ago, in a talk entitled Is Palestine a feminist issue? On the intertwining of (queer) feminism and anti-Semitism, Cordula Trunk argued that queer and decolonial feminist groups that have stood in solidarity with Palestinian people are informed by a "vulgar" understanding of postcolonialism that she labels as racist and anti-Semitic. Besides being a blind stance to colonial violence, the fabrication of such a narrative is a form of coloniality of knowledge insofar as the value of knowledge and understandings produced on the margins, in the East and in the Third World, is peripheral and devoid of any validity and truthfulness.
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Read MoreI have experienced censorship in different ways. I had only a brief encounter with military and totalitarian censorship when I was working on a project about the Graffiti of the Revolution in Cairo—I was warned that certain artistic positions have disastrous consequences, so I had to be careful about what I said and how I said it.
Read MoreThere is an ongoing, urgent humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border. Refugees, who are trying to get to Europe, are pushed back into the primal forest by Polish Border guards and then harassed back into the wilderness by the Belarusian military. They wander without water, food, or shelter, and the weather is getting harsher. Humanitarian activists from NGO Nomada are currently collecting smartphones so people can ping their location and ask for help.
Read More“I believe in the principles of democracy and realize that it can only work with a good education. In this case, it is necessary to be awake and aware of the system’s complexity and to choose means of expression that also reflect the historical context of the territory in which I work. If I subsequently present it in another country, different perceptions occur in the viewer, and the work, by relocating, acquires a new dimension. Context, always important, is what should be available here.”
Read MoreJust after the infamous traditional family march, which took place a couple of weeks ago and during the hopeful excitement of passing a gender-neutral partnership law, artist Živilė Žvėrūna talks about how art reveals the morality of our society.
“My personal goal as an artist is to add another perspective to the discussion. There are plenty of scientific statements on schizophrenia and mental health which are important, but so are emotional and personal insights and experiences. This discussion has to take place in public for everyone to take part and art can be the stage for that.”
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