Feminism ya Mang, Feminism Yethu, Feminism Yani is the visual exploration on how we define womanhood
Feminism ya Mang, Feminism Yethu, Feminism Yani is the visual exploration on how we define womanhood, sexuality, age and feminism; key themes that come with such an engagement; and the ways in which notions on gender and queerness can redefine our understandings. By engaging with this complexity, the exhibition aims to celebrate the diversity of knowledge that contributes to our regional experience of Feminisms. We acknowledge that this notion is not static and is constantly being challenged by a myriad of lived experiences.
The exhibition is a reflection of the diversity of experiences and expressions in being woman in spaces such as those represented in this installation. Home of Empty’s and Saloon explores the way in which woman engage with and exist within these realities. The installation texts particularly focuses on some of the words, emotions and memories associated with the spaces and interrogates what this means in a local context.
Feminism Ya Mang, Yethu, Yani is curated by Masechaba Moloi and Samantha Modisenyane; and features works by Jodi Bieber, Amy Ayanda, Teresa Firmino, Helena Uambembe, Kelly Johnson, Lulama ‘Wolf’ Mlambo, Saaiqa, Santu Ramaisa, and Jabu Newman.
The Learning Feminisms is a regional project that was initiated by the Goethe-Institut in Kigali, Rwanda. Feminism Ya Mang, Yethu, Yani first opened at the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg in May 2021 as part of the South African iteration of Learning Feminisms. The programming for the exhibition was presented online to adapt to the Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings and can be viewed
here.
The exhibition has also been presented at the Polokwane Art Museum (City of Polokwane Municipality) and Centre for African Studies Gallery (facilitated by UCT’s Works of Art Collection)
The exhibition is supported by the The Goethe-Institut South Africa in collaboration with North-West University Gallery.
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