Section outline

  • 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)

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