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Najpomembnejši upor: pogovor z Veronico Schild

"Ko razmišljam o podobnostih med mojo in vašo regijo, ki sta enako oddaljeni od dejanskih centrov... more "Ko razmišljam o podobnostih med mojo in vašo regijo, ki sta enako oddaljeni od dejanskih centrov moči, se ne morem izogniti misli na politično nevarnost pozabe; razmišljam o posledicah, ki jih ima za intelektualno življenje, za feminizem. Vedno znova me pretrese spoznanje, da je produkcija feminističnega znanja lahko tudi orožje za uničevanje kolektivnega spomina. Transnacionalne elite mladim, izobraženim ženskam omogočijo podiplomski študij v ZDA ali Evropi. Ko se vrnejo domov, o ženskem aktivizmu pišejo na načine, ki brez izjeme marginalizirajo domačo, živo tradicijo, s čimer nehote uničijo lastne korenine." - Veronica Schild

Prva objava: Borec, LIX/2007, št. 644-647.
PDF: http://revija-borec.si/ebook/borec_644-647/borec_644-647_z.pdf

Razdelek "Horizonti zgodovine" vsebuje:
Tea Hvala: Uvod (str. 104-107)
Veronica Schild: Razkroj drugega vala feminizma v Čilu in izzivi neoliberalne sodobnosti (str. 108-125)
Tea Hvala: Najpomembnejši upor: pogovor z Veronico Schild (str. 126-139)

Dreaming Together Apart

Co-author Cyprian Laskowski. Originally published at the City of Women festival blog by Mesto... more

Težave s queerom

Feminizam - politika jednakosti za sve, ProFemina, Beograd, 2011, 2011

'Queer ... kaj to sploh pomeni?' me sprašujejo znanke in znanci, ki nimajo neposrednega stika s f... more 'Queer ... kaj to sploh pomeni?' me sprašujejo znanke in znanci, ki nimajo neposrednega stika s feministično, lezbično in gejevsko sceno, a vedo, da se oba, izraz in jaz, loviva med njimi. Vprašanje je umestno. Odkar je tudi v Ljubljani popularno trditi, da si queer, je iskanje politično spodbudnega odgovora še posebej pomembno za lezbično in gejevsko skupnost, saj queerovska novotarija (zaenkrat) zadeva predvsem njo. Zastavljajo se še druga vprašanja, recimo v kakšnih kontekstih se pri nas pojavlja ta izmuzljiva tujka? Ali zastopa novo samoopredelitev, življenjski slog, modno muho, novo politiko, posebno teoretsko metodo ali celo novo paradigmo? Menda ne vsega naštetega? Kdo in kaj se torej definira kot queer(ovsko)?

PDF (str. 95-114): https://www.academia.edu/1918393/Feminzam_-_poltika_jednakosti_za_sve_ProFemina_Beograd_2011

Queer Trouble in Ljubljana

Import - Export - Transport: Queer Theory, Queer Critique and Activism in Motion, zaglossus, 2012, 2012

In “Queer Trouble in Ljubljana,” writer and activist Tea Hvala examines the various interpretatio... more In “Queer Trouble in Ljubljana,” writer and activist Tea Hvala examines the various interpretations and meanings of the term “queer” within the LGBTI activist community in the Slovenian capital. Her essay sets a variety of adaptions and usages of “queer” in relation to local academic discourse as well as to the increasing political differentiation of the LGBTI community.

“When We Move, It’s a Movement!” Rdeče Zore Festival as a Feminist-Queer Counterpublic

My MA Thesis on Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns (Rdeče zore). In it, I wonder whether the f... more My MA Thesis on Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns (Rdeče zore). In it, I wonder whether the festival managed to create a feminist and queer public (space) in its ten-year-long history. I discuss feminist political theory of counterpublics and juxtapose it with the views expressed by 17 festival (co)organizers whom I interviewed in 2009. The theme is framed within the recent history of feminist, lesbian and queer organizing in Ljubljana, within the contemporary current of transnational DIY grassroots feminism and within the postsocialist frame.

A shorter version ("only" 100 pages) was published in ISH Monitor, vol.12, nr. 1 (2010). PDF: http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-5UPFXV0N/?query=%27keywords%3dMonitor+ISH+tea+hvala%27&pageSize=20

Streetwise Feminism: Feminist and Lesbian Street Actions, Street Art and Graffiti in Ljubljana

Amnis, 8/2008, University of Western Brittany, Brest, 2008

This essay interprets feminist and lesbian street actions, street art and graffiti in Ljubljana (... more This essay interprets feminist and lesbian street actions, street art and graffiti in Ljubljana (Slovenia) as sporadic, anonymous, fleeting, and illegal interventions in the institutionalized sphere of feminist knowledge (re)production and the dominant cultural order. Selected graffiti, street art and street actions of the last fifteen years are paralleled with relevant political events and the written herstory of feminist and lesbian initiatives of the same period. The essay argues that these forms of grassroots activism, understood as one of the communication tools available to young and progressive feminists and lesbians, offer them public visibility and the possibility of creating and intermediating their own knowledge, values, and herstory – in short, an oppositional imagined community.

The first (2008) version of the essay is online: https://amnis.revues.org/545

The revised and updated version, entitled "Streetwise Politics: Feminist and Lesbian Grassroots Activism in Ljubljana" is attached below. It was published in: Elke Zobl, Ricarda Drüeke (eds.): Feminist Media: Participatory Spaces, Networks and Cultural Citizenship, transcript, Bielefeld, 2012, pp. 123-135.

More about the book at: http://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-2157-0/feminist-media

Kontinuitet promene feminističke kontrajavnosti u Ljubljani

Izgubljeno u tranziciji, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Beograd, 2011

This paper discusses feminist political theory on counterpublics by analysing the internal and ex... more This paper discusses feminist political theory on counterpublics by analysing the internal and external function of several feminist counterpublics in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It discusses the seeming invisibility of feminists in the official public sphere, briefly analyses current manifestations of antifeminism and describes a series of street actions, activist alliances, autonomous spaces and debates of the last decade when a new generation of feminists, lesbians and queers began to articulate its political demands and strategies of action. Local counterpublics are framed within postsocialism as well as the contemporary transnational current of do-it-yourself grassroots feminism.

In Serbian.

Published in: Izgubljeno u tranziciji: Kritička analiza procesa društvene transformacije, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Beograd, 2011, pp. 144-162. PDF: https://www.academia.edu/1761688/AKTIVIZAM_I_UMETNOST

Seksizem in homofobija »kot po navadi«, feminizem »drugače«: AKC Metelkova mesto v očeh organizatork festivala Rdeče zore

Borec, LXIII / 2011, št. 681 – 684, ZAK, Ljubljana, 2011

V eseju z vidika feministk, ki delujejo v Avtonomnem kulturnem centru Metelkova mesto, obravnavam... more V eseju z vidika feministk, ki delujejo v Avtonomnem kulturnem centru Metelkova mesto, obravnavam seksizem, homofobijo, moški šovinizem in splošni antifeminizem, ki so najopaznejši, ko »običajno« vzdušje »zmotijo« izrecno feministične, lezbične ali queerovske pobude. K pisanju me je poleg vse pogostejših verbalnih in celo fizičnih napadov na lezbijke na Metelkovi spodbudilo prepričanje, ki vlada tako v medijih kot v alternativni kulturi: da smo ženske in moški v Sloveniji že enakopravni, zato je feminizem »preživeta ideologija«, izključno ženske, feministične in lezbične javnosti pa so v skladu s tem nepotrebne. V eseju trdim nasprotno: da bo potreba po avtonomnih javnostih obstajala, vse dokler se bodo ženske v širši in alternativni javnost spopadale z (ne)formalnimi ovirami. In ker vse kaže, da patriarhalna ideologija v Sloveniji še dolgo ne bo »preživeta«, je zagovor feminističnih, lezbičnih in drugih manjšinskih javnosti zelo aktualen.

Postsocialistični feminizmi med dvema ognjema

Borec, LXI/2009, št. 657-661, ZAK, Ljubljana, 2009

"Pričujoči esej se vidika feminističnih teorij, umeščenih v postsocializem, odpravi na dolgo pot ... more "Pričujoči esej se vidika feminističnih teorij, umeščenih v postsocializem, odpravi na dolgo pot z »vzhoda« na »zahod« (Evrope). Najprej se zadrži pri žgoče neenakem razmerju moči, ki imaginarija obenem ločuje in povezuje, zatem se ustavi pri diskurzivni kolonizaciji (orientalizmu, balkanizmu) ali etnocentričnem univerzalizmu, ki ne glede na mesto izjavljanja (Vzhod ali Zahod) neti nove nesporazume ali celo sovraštvo. Teorije o enosmernem potovanju idej (vplivu zahodnih teorij na vzhodne) izziva s konceptom transkulturacije, ki raje govori o večplastnem procesu hkratne prisotnosti, prepletanja, spreminjanja in kroženja feminističnih idej ter praks. Ob tretjem in zadnjem postanku predlaga, da je zaradi podobnosti med ekonomskimi (neoliberalizem, »kriza«) in političnimi razmerami (etnocentrizem, revizionizem, kulturni relativizem) Vzhod in Zahod danes smiselno misliti skupaj, obenem pa na izbranih primerih (revizionizem, antifeminizem in demografska politika v Sloveniji) pokaže, da feministična teorija njune in njihove povezanosti ne more opaziti, če v svoje vrste ne vključi intersekcionalnosti (metode), zahteve po redistribuciji bogastva (politike) in premisleka o tem, kako zanetiti kak bučen kres (taktike).

Working on Gender: New Burlesque and Cabaret in Ljubljana

Performative Gestures Political Moves, 2014

This essay discusses a selection of burlesque and cabaret shows made in Ljubljana, Slovenia betwe... more This essay discusses a selection of burlesque and cabaret shows made in Ljubljana, Slovenia between 2011 and 2014: Cirkus Kabare (Circus Cabaret), Fem TV, Rdeči Kabare (Red Cabaret), Cabaret Lounge Rouge, Tatovi podob (Image Snatchers) and Somrak bleščečih sprevržencev (Twilight of the Glittery Perverts) among others. I focus on performance troupes whose production mode positions them either in the alternative or the independent class of culture. I describe and analyze only those acts that visualize the work required to perform specific femininities and masculinities: they were staged as part of the above-mentioned shows or public presentations of workshops organised by the Emanat Institute, the City of Women festival and the Red Dawns festival. The main features of burlesque and cabaret shows in Ljubljana as well as their possible sources of inspiration, both historic and cultural, are discussed vis-à-vis recent feminist debates on new burlesque in North America and Western Europe.

First published in: Katja Kobolt, Lana Zdravković (eds.): Performative Gestures Political Moves, City of Women / Red Athena Press, Ljubljana / Zagreb, 2014.

Introduction to the book (PDF): https://www.academia.edu/26950854/Performative_Gestures_Political_Moves_2014

Queerovsko branje interseksualnosti v ameriški feministični znanstveni fantastiki

V diplomskem delu sem se posvetila ameriški feministični znanstveni fantastiki, predvsem motivu s... more V diplomskem delu sem se posvetila ameriški feministični znanstveni fantastiki, predvsem motivu spolne dvoumnosti (in ne interseksualnosti, kot piše v naslovu) v romanih Joanne Russ, Octavie E. Butler, Ursule K. Le Guin, Marge Piercy, Theodorja Sturgeona in Samuela R. Delanyja. Razpravljala sem o njihovih političnih in teoretskih izhodiščih ter pripovednih postopkih, s katerimi so konec šestdesetih in v začetku sedemdesetih let 20. stoletja izpodbijali samoumevnost heteronormativnosti in spolnega binarizma. Delo preučuje besedilne strategije, ki jih manjšinski subjekti v teh delih uporabljajo za proliferacijo spolov in izrekanje svoje drugosti v odnosu do dvospolnega reda. Ob tem obravnava tudi esencializem in biologizem tistih feminističnih literarnih teorij, ki so pred vznikom queer teorije določale razumevanje feministične znanstvene fantastike kot specifičnega literarnega žanra.

Books by Tea Hvala

Rdečke razsajajo! Intervjuji z organizatorkami feminističnega in kvirovskega festivala Rdeče zore

by Tea Hvala, Jasmina Jerant, and Vesna Vravnik

In 2010, on the 10th anniversary of Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns (in Slovene, Rdeče zore... more In 2010, on the 10th anniversary of Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns (in Slovene, Rdeče zore), Tea Hvala interviewed seventeen former and current festival organizers about their contribution to the visibility of feminist and queer publics in Slovenia. She juxtaposed these insights with feminist political theory of counterpublics, and framed the theme in the context of the recent history of feminist, lesbian and queer organizing in Ljubljana, as well as the contemporary current of transnational DIY grassroots feminism.

Interviewees: Anna Ehrlemark, Mirjana Frank, Danaja Grešak, Ana Grobler, Jasmina Jerant, Ana Jereb, Anja Kocman, Jadranka Ljubičič, Urška Merc, Slađana Mitrović, Lidija Radojević, Nataša Serec, Tanja Škander, Suzana Tratnik, Daša Tepina and Vesna Vravnik. Interviews with Anna Ehrlemark and Jasmina Jerant are in English, the rest of the book is in Slovene. Cover by Anna Ehrlemark.

Originally released by KUD Mreža, Ljubljana, 2010.

Performative Gestures Political Moves, 2014

by Katja Kobolt, Suzana Milevska, and Tea Hvala

While acknowledging the “problem of performativity”, Performative Gestures Political Moves (2014)... more While acknowledging the “problem of performativity”, Performative Gestures Political Moves (2014), however, (still) lingers on the term, exploring its echoing in the research focused on what should thus also be considered as an effect of the performance of power – on the art and theory production in so-called “Eastern Europe”.
The book does not (only) represent the research on performance art and performativity in a region denoted as “East European”, but also produces positions that go beyond the representation(s) of what performance art, performativity in/and “Post-Socialist Europe” are.
Performative Gestures Political Moves therefore also raises questions of historisation(s) and their ideological positioning. Especially within feminist art history but also in feminist curating, the question of labelling art production as feminist has been till today a burning subject. How, what, when, why, where, by whom and for whom is (performance) art feminist, obviously does not have an unambiguous answer. The same is true for art and feminism as such. Therefore, the publication has aimed to foster a reflection on research positions and theoretical considerations of performativity, performance art, feminism, historisation and, above all, their political implications in/and/for the “continental Post-Socialist” condition.

With contributions by Angela Dimitrakaki, Ana Peraica, Barbara Orel, Dunja Kukovec, Grupa Spomenik and DeLVe, Marija Ratković, Marina Gržinić, Martina Pachmanová, Milijana Babić, Suzana Milevska, Tea Hvala, Waldemar Tatarczuk

Edited by Katja Kobolt and Lana Zdravković

Najpomembnejši upor: pogovor z Veronico Schild

"Ko razmišljam o podobnostih med mojo in vašo regijo, ki sta enako oddaljeni od dejanskih centrov... more "Ko razmišljam o podobnostih med mojo in vašo regijo, ki sta enako oddaljeni od dejanskih centrov moči, se ne morem izogniti misli na politično nevarnost pozabe; razmišljam o posledicah, ki jih ima za intelektualno življenje, za feminizem. Vedno znova me pretrese spoznanje, da je produkcija feminističnega znanja lahko tudi orožje za uničevanje kolektivnega spomina. Transnacionalne elite mladim, izobraženim ženskam omogočijo podiplomski študij v ZDA ali Evropi. Ko se vrnejo domov, o ženskem aktivizmu pišejo na načine, ki brez izjeme marginalizirajo domačo, živo tradicijo, s čimer nehote uničijo lastne korenine." - Veronica Schild

Prva objava: Borec, LIX/2007, št. 644-647.
PDF: http://revija-borec.si/ebook/borec_644-647/borec_644-647_z.pdf

Razdelek "Horizonti zgodovine" vsebuje:
Tea Hvala: Uvod (str. 104-107)
Veronica Schild: Razkroj drugega vala feminizma v Čilu in izzivi neoliberalne sodobnosti (str. 108-125)
Tea Hvala: Najpomembnejši upor: pogovor z Veronico Schild (str. 126-139)

Dreaming Together Apart

Co-author Cyprian Laskowski. Originally published at the City of Women festival blog by Mesto... more

Težave s queerom

Feminizam - politika jednakosti za sve, ProFemina, Beograd, 2011, 2011

'Queer ... kaj to sploh pomeni?' me sprašujejo znanke in znanci, ki nimajo neposrednega stika s f... more 'Queer ... kaj to sploh pomeni?' me sprašujejo znanke in znanci, ki nimajo neposrednega stika s feministično, lezbično in gejevsko sceno, a vedo, da se oba, izraz in jaz, loviva med njimi. Vprašanje je umestno. Odkar je tudi v Ljubljani popularno trditi, da si queer, je iskanje politično spodbudnega odgovora še posebej pomembno za lezbično in gejevsko skupnost, saj queerovska novotarija (zaenkrat) zadeva predvsem njo. Zastavljajo se še druga vprašanja, recimo v kakšnih kontekstih se pri nas pojavlja ta izmuzljiva tujka? Ali zastopa novo samoopredelitev, življenjski slog, modno muho, novo politiko, posebno teoretsko metodo ali celo novo paradigmo? Menda ne vsega naštetega? Kdo in kaj se torej definira kot queer(ovsko)?

PDF (str. 95-114): https://www.academia.edu/1918393/Feminzam_-_poltika_jednakosti_za_sve_ProFemina_Beograd_2011

Queer Trouble in Ljubljana

Import - Export - Transport: Queer Theory, Queer Critique and Activism in Motion, zaglossus, 2012, 2012

In “Queer Trouble in Ljubljana,” writer and activist Tea Hvala examines the various interpretatio... more In “Queer Trouble in Ljubljana,” writer and activist Tea Hvala examines the various interpretations and meanings of the term “queer” within the LGBTI activist community in the Slovenian capital. Her essay sets a variety of adaptions and usages of “queer” in relation to local academic discourse as well as to the increasing political differentiation of the LGBTI community.

“When We Move, It’s a Movement!” Rdeče Zore Festival as a Feminist-Queer Counterpublic

My MA Thesis on Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns (Rdeče zore). In it, I wonder whether the f... more My MA Thesis on Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns (Rdeče zore). In it, I wonder whether the festival managed to create a feminist and queer public (space) in its ten-year-long history. I discuss feminist political theory of counterpublics and juxtapose it with the views expressed by 17 festival (co)organizers whom I interviewed in 2009. The theme is framed within the recent history of feminist, lesbian and queer organizing in Ljubljana, within the contemporary current of transnational DIY grassroots feminism and within the postsocialist frame.

A shorter version ("only" 100 pages) was published in ISH Monitor, vol.12, nr. 1 (2010). PDF: http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-5UPFXV0N/?query=%27keywords%3dMonitor+ISH+tea+hvala%27&pageSize=20

Streetwise Feminism: Feminist and Lesbian Street Actions, Street Art and Graffiti in Ljubljana

Amnis, 8/2008, University of Western Brittany, Brest, 2008

This essay interprets feminist and lesbian street actions, street art and graffiti in Ljubljana (... more This essay interprets feminist and lesbian street actions, street art and graffiti in Ljubljana (Slovenia) as sporadic, anonymous, fleeting, and illegal interventions in the institutionalized sphere of feminist knowledge (re)production and the dominant cultural order. Selected graffiti, street art and street actions of the last fifteen years are paralleled with relevant political events and the written herstory of feminist and lesbian initiatives of the same period. The essay argues that these forms of grassroots activism, understood as one of the communication tools available to young and progressive feminists and lesbians, offer them public visibility and the possibility of creating and intermediating their own knowledge, values, and herstory – in short, an oppositional imagined community.

The first (2008) version of the essay is online: https://amnis.revues.org/545

The revised and updated version, entitled "Streetwise Politics: Feminist and Lesbian Grassroots Activism in Ljubljana" is attached below. It was published in: Elke Zobl, Ricarda Drüeke (eds.): Feminist Media: Participatory Spaces, Networks and Cultural Citizenship, transcript, Bielefeld, 2012, pp. 123-135.

More about the book at: http://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-2157-0/feminist-media

Kontinuitet promene feminističke kontrajavnosti u Ljubljani

Izgubljeno u tranziciji, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Beograd, 2011

This paper discusses feminist political theory on counterpublics by analysing the internal and ex... more This paper discusses feminist political theory on counterpublics by analysing the internal and external function of several feminist counterpublics in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It discusses the seeming invisibility of feminists in the official public sphere, briefly analyses current manifestations of antifeminism and describes a series of street actions, activist alliances, autonomous spaces and debates of the last decade when a new generation of feminists, lesbians and queers began to articulate its political demands and strategies of action. Local counterpublics are framed within postsocialism as well as the contemporary transnational current of do-it-yourself grassroots feminism.

In Serbian.

Published in: Izgubljeno u tranziciji: Kritička analiza procesa društvene transformacije, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Beograd, 2011, pp. 144-162. PDF: https://www.academia.edu/1761688/AKTIVIZAM_I_UMETNOST

Seksizem in homofobija »kot po navadi«, feminizem »drugače«: AKC Metelkova mesto v očeh organizatork festivala Rdeče zore

Borec, LXIII / 2011, št. 681 – 684, ZAK, Ljubljana, 2011

V eseju z vidika feministk, ki delujejo v Avtonomnem kulturnem centru Metelkova mesto, obravnavam... more V eseju z vidika feministk, ki delujejo v Avtonomnem kulturnem centru Metelkova mesto, obravnavam seksizem, homofobijo, moški šovinizem in splošni antifeminizem, ki so najopaznejši, ko »običajno« vzdušje »zmotijo« izrecno feministične, lezbične ali queerovske pobude. K pisanju me je poleg vse pogostejših verbalnih in celo fizičnih napadov na lezbijke na Metelkovi spodbudilo prepričanje, ki vlada tako v medijih kot v alternativni kulturi: da smo ženske in moški v Sloveniji že enakopravni, zato je feminizem »preživeta ideologija«, izključno ženske, feministične in lezbične javnosti pa so v skladu s tem nepotrebne. V eseju trdim nasprotno: da bo potreba po avtonomnih javnostih obstajala, vse dokler se bodo ženske v širši in alternativni javnost spopadale z (ne)formalnimi ovirami. In ker vse kaže, da patriarhalna ideologija v Sloveniji še dolgo ne bo »preživeta«, je zagovor feminističnih, lezbičnih in drugih manjšinskih javnosti zelo aktualen.

Postsocialistični feminizmi med dvema ognjema

Borec, LXI/2009, št. 657-661, ZAK, Ljubljana, 2009

"Pričujoči esej se vidika feminističnih teorij, umeščenih v postsocializem, odpravi na dolgo pot ... more "Pričujoči esej se vidika feminističnih teorij, umeščenih v postsocializem, odpravi na dolgo pot z »vzhoda« na »zahod« (Evrope). Najprej se zadrži pri žgoče neenakem razmerju moči, ki imaginarija obenem ločuje in povezuje, zatem se ustavi pri diskurzivni kolonizaciji (orientalizmu, balkanizmu) ali etnocentričnem univerzalizmu, ki ne glede na mesto izjavljanja (Vzhod ali Zahod) neti nove nesporazume ali celo sovraštvo. Teorije o enosmernem potovanju idej (vplivu zahodnih teorij na vzhodne) izziva s konceptom transkulturacije, ki raje govori o večplastnem procesu hkratne prisotnosti, prepletanja, spreminjanja in kroženja feminističnih idej ter praks. Ob tretjem in zadnjem postanku predlaga, da je zaradi podobnosti med ekonomskimi (neoliberalizem, »kriza«) in političnimi razmerami (etnocentrizem, revizionizem, kulturni relativizem) Vzhod in Zahod danes smiselno misliti skupaj, obenem pa na izbranih primerih (revizionizem, antifeminizem in demografska politika v Sloveniji) pokaže, da feministična teorija njune in njihove povezanosti ne more opaziti, če v svoje vrste ne vključi intersekcionalnosti (metode), zahteve po redistribuciji bogastva (politike) in premisleka o tem, kako zanetiti kak bučen kres (taktike).

Working on Gender: New Burlesque and Cabaret in Ljubljana

Performative Gestures Political Moves, 2014

This essay discusses a selection of burlesque and cabaret shows made in Ljubljana, Slovenia betwe... more This essay discusses a selection of burlesque and cabaret shows made in Ljubljana, Slovenia between 2011 and 2014: Cirkus Kabare (Circus Cabaret), Fem TV, Rdeči Kabare (Red Cabaret), Cabaret Lounge Rouge, Tatovi podob (Image Snatchers) and Somrak bleščečih sprevržencev (Twilight of the Glittery Perverts) among others. I focus on performance troupes whose production mode positions them either in the alternative or the independent class of culture. I describe and analyze only those acts that visualize the work required to perform specific femininities and masculinities: they were staged as part of the above-mentioned shows or public presentations of workshops organised by the Emanat Institute, the City of Women festival and the Red Dawns festival. The main features of burlesque and cabaret shows in Ljubljana as well as their possible sources of inspiration, both historic and cultural, are discussed vis-à-vis recent feminist debates on new burlesque in North America and Western Europe.

First published in: Katja Kobolt, Lana Zdravković (eds.): Performative Gestures Political Moves, City of Women / Red Athena Press, Ljubljana / Zagreb, 2014.

Introduction to the book (PDF): https://www.academia.edu/26950854/Performative_Gestures_Political_Moves_2014

Queerovsko branje interseksualnosti v ameriški feministični znanstveni fantastiki

V diplomskem delu sem se posvetila ameriški feministični znanstveni fantastiki, predvsem motivu s... more V diplomskem delu sem se posvetila ameriški feministični znanstveni fantastiki, predvsem motivu spolne dvoumnosti (in ne interseksualnosti, kot piše v naslovu) v romanih Joanne Russ, Octavie E. Butler, Ursule K. Le Guin, Marge Piercy, Theodorja Sturgeona in Samuela R. Delanyja. Razpravljala sem o njihovih političnih in teoretskih izhodiščih ter pripovednih postopkih, s katerimi so konec šestdesetih in v začetku sedemdesetih let 20. stoletja izpodbijali samoumevnost heteronormativnosti in spolnega binarizma. Delo preučuje besedilne strategije, ki jih manjšinski subjekti v teh delih uporabljajo za proliferacijo spolov in izrekanje svoje drugosti v odnosu do dvospolnega reda. Ob tem obravnava tudi esencializem in biologizem tistih feminističnih literarnih teorij, ki so pred vznikom queer teorije določale razumevanje feministične znanstvene fantastike kot specifičnega literarnega žanra.

Rdečke razsajajo! Intervjuji z organizatorkami feminističnega in kvirovskega festivala Rdeče zore

by Tea Hvala, Jasmina Jerant, and Vesna Vravnik

In 2010, on the 10th anniversary of Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns (in Slovene, Rdeče zore... more In 2010, on the 10th anniversary of Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns (in Slovene, Rdeče zore), Tea Hvala interviewed seventeen former and current festival organizers about their contribution to the visibility of feminist and queer publics in Slovenia. She juxtaposed these insights with feminist political theory of counterpublics, and framed the theme in the context of the recent history of feminist, lesbian and queer organizing in Ljubljana, as well as the contemporary current of transnational DIY grassroots feminism.

Interviewees: Anna Ehrlemark, Mirjana Frank, Danaja Grešak, Ana Grobler, Jasmina Jerant, Ana Jereb, Anja Kocman, Jadranka Ljubičič, Urška Merc, Slađana Mitrović, Lidija Radojević, Nataša Serec, Tanja Škander, Suzana Tratnik, Daša Tepina and Vesna Vravnik. Interviews with Anna Ehrlemark and Jasmina Jerant are in English, the rest of the book is in Slovene. Cover by Anna Ehrlemark.

Originally released by KUD Mreža, Ljubljana, 2010.

Performative Gestures Political Moves, 2014

by Katja Kobolt, Suzana Milevska, and Tea Hvala

While acknowledging the “problem of performativity”, Performative Gestures Political Moves (2014)... more While acknowledging the “problem of performativity”, Performative Gestures Political Moves (2014), however, (still) lingers on the term, exploring its echoing in the research focused on what should thus also be considered as an effect of the performance of power – on the art and theory production in so-called “Eastern Europe”.
The book does not (only) represent the research on performance art and performativity in a region denoted as “East European”, but also produces positions that go beyond the representation(s) of what performance art, performativity in/and “Post-Socialist Europe” are.
Performative Gestures Political Moves therefore also raises questions of historisation(s) and their ideological positioning. Especially within feminist art history but also in feminist curating, the question of labelling art production as feminist has been till today a burning subject. How, what, when, why, where, by whom and for whom is (performance) art feminist, obviously does not have an unambiguous answer. The same is true for art and feminism as such. Therefore, the publication has aimed to foster a reflection on research positions and theoretical considerations of performativity, performance art, feminism, historisation and, above all, their political implications in/and/for the “continental Post-Socialist” condition.

With contributions by Angela Dimitrakaki, Ana Peraica, Barbara Orel, Dunja Kukovec, Grupa Spomenik and DeLVe, Marija Ratković, Marina Gržinić, Martina Pachmanová, Milijana Babić, Suzana Milevska, Tea Hvala, Waldemar Tatarczuk

Edited by Katja Kobolt and Lana Zdravković