I’ve been running for the past six months or so a feminism through sound discussion group that is by design inclusive of restlessness, ambiguity, pre-verbal expression, impulsivity, felt excess, digressions and attentional fluctuations. It’s been my desire to not just talk about feminism but to facilitate spaces that embody its values on a deeper level. In it we draw, we’re silent, we speak, we read and connect ideas about how feminism is enacted through the medium of sound.
The group is open to everyone to join, if you come accross this, drop me a line with a few words about yourself and I’ll include you in the mailing list.
About the group
This group focuses on intersectional feminist thought and doing in its specific entanglements with sound and has been developed by me, Adriana Minu with help, support and essential kinship from Feronia Wennborg. The discussion (words optional) aims to combine scholarly perspectives with artistic experiences and thoughts on doing feminism through sound. Everybody is welcomed.
Rooted in experimentalism, I (sound practitioner but non-expert feminist) created this group with a desire to share knowledge and be challenged by fellow researchers, artists, practitioners in sound on what feminism is and how it is enacted in the multiple fields and environments connected to sound.
Approach
To kickstart, you’ll find some texts in the Google drive (link here) that we can use as springboards for discussion. This is a living repository that you are encouraged to add your own texts to. The readings for each week are posted at the top of the email and linked to in the drive.
Stemming from a desire to be inclusive of restlessness, ambiguity, pre-verbal expression, impulsivity, felt excess, digressions and attentional fluctuations, this space is experimenting with format as much as it is with content. I often find myself in academic spaces that carry fragile content in patriarchal containers that contradict the material being worked with. That is not enough. I’m keen to facilitate emergent ways of togetherness with a focus on care and radical acceptance.
With this in mind, I would like to invite us to be generous and kind to each other and responsible for ourselves. Pleasure, relaxation and dropping the ball are encouraged while remaining fueled and driven by feminist ideas, their contradictions, complexities and power.
The format and content is continously in flux as is the frequency of the meetings. If you have strong or fragile feelings about any of it do drop me a line.
Much love, Adriana
