Empowerment exhibition

Yes, we want all people to have the same rights and opportunities! Yes, we want to use art to raise awareness and to enable sustainable and effective encounters! Yes, we want to contribute to equality and to encourage and empower people who are marginalized or affected by discrimination. And yes, the world would be a better place if we were all feminists: „We Should All Be Feminists!“ (C. N. Adichie). The exhibition Empowerment brings together diverse feminist approaches and understands these as a progressive methods to analyze the societies of the world with the means of art and to show possible ways out of the global crises. For the first time, around 100 artistic positions offer a comprehensive global overview of art and feminisms of the 21st century - from around 50 countries from all continents.

Participating Artists

Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Stacey Gillian Abe, Heba Y. Amin, Maja Bajević, Natalie Ball,Yael Bartana, Mehtap Baydu, Alexandra Bircken, Benedikte Bjerre, Monica Bonvicini, Andrea Bowers, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Candice Breitz, Anetta Mona Chisa & Lucia Tkacova, Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo, Susana Pilar Delahante, Birgit Dieker, Zehra Doğan, Anita Dube, Anna Ehrenstein, Ndidi Emefiele, Nona Faustine, Keltie Ferris, Regina José Galindo, Ellen Gallagher, Goldendean, Gabrielle Goliath, Wynne Greenwood, Jenna Gribbon, Shilpa Gupta, Nilbar Güreş, h.arta, Hyphen-Labs, Irena Jukić Pranjić, Patricia Kaersenhout, Gladys Kalichini, Šejla Kamerić, Mari Katayama, Yuki Kihara, Seo-Kyung Kim & Eun-Sung Kim, Laetitia Ky, Jakob Lena Knebl, LASTESIS, Kitso Lynn Lelliott, Pixy Liao, Ann Lislegaard, Xiao Lu, Mary Maggic, Senzeni Marasela, Teresa Margolles, Aline Motta, Shana Moulton & Nick Hallett, Zanele Muholi, Kresiah Mukwazhi, Marina Naprushkina, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Tanja Ostojić, Pushpamala N, Rosana Paulino, Lisa Reihana, Elianna Renner, Tabita Rezaire, Pipilotti Rist, Boryana Rossa, Mariela Scafati, Berni Searle, Selma Selman, Lerato Shadi, Tejal Shah, Melati Suryodarmo, Elena Tejada-Herrera, Mathilde ter Heijne, The Pacific Sisters, Bussaraporn Thongchai, Tianmiao Lin, Wu Tsang, Kawita Vatanajyankur, Leafa Wilson & Olga Hedwig Krause, Anna Witt, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind, Raeda Saadeh, Shevaun Wright, Ming Wong, LEI Yan, Cao Yu, Mia Yu sowie die Kollektive AXA projects, Nacional TROVOA, Njabala Foundation, Sandbox und What the hELL she doin!

The exhibition project Empowerment is under the patronage of the Minister of State for Culture and Media, Claudia Roth MdB

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