Section outline
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Gender and Sexuality in Central and Eastern Europe
March 9
HW:
Please watch the videos and see the works below and try to answer the following questions. Be ready to discuss them in class.
- What means does the artist use to construct/deconstruct gender and national identity in this artwork?
- How would you characterise the notion of national identity as conveyed in these artworks?
- Do you consider the works emancipatory? In what way?
Milica Tomić: I’m Milica Tomić (1999)
Marina Abramović’s Balkan Erotic Epic (2006)
https://www.li-ma.nl/lima/catalogue/art/marina-abramovic/balkan-erotic-epic/9603
Tanja Ostojić: Looking for a Husband with EU Passport (2001-5)