No Master Territories

No Master Territories
Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image

From 19 June to 22 August, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin organizes No Master Territories, an exhibition curated by Erika Balsom and Hila Peleg. At a time when feminism is enjoying a mainstream resurgence but must be reclaimed from a neoliberal emphasis on individual success, and when the hybridization of documentary and artists’ film occupies a vital place in the landscape of contemporary practices, No Master Territories makes a strategic return to the past. By revisiting the period of the 1970s to 1990s, it aims both to pay homage to the important work that has come before and to respond to the urgencies of the present.  

Bridging the fields of documentary and artists’ film, No Master Territories assembles a plurality of practices to offer an expansive, intersectional account of underappreciated encounters between feminism and the moving image. Across a polycentric, global geography, it maps how artists and filmmakers have explored the nexus of gender and power and charts sites at which feminism connects to other struggles for justice.  

No Master Territories comprises a gallery presentation and a cinema program that repeats weekly throughout the duration of the exhibition. Special screenings in the presence of directors and other contributors complement the exhibition, as do a podcast and an online cinema. The accompanying book will be published by MIT Press in 2022.

Front image: Untitled 77-A (Han Ok-hee, 1977), Courtesy of Asia Culture Center (ACC).

Exhibition
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19 Jun 2022 - 28 Aug 2022