Es Baluard organizes this colloquium open to the participation of citizens around the festivities held to celebrate the day of Saint Sebastian - Sant Sebastià – the patron saint of Palma. In Sant Sebastià. De l'icona al mite III. Maternitats i feminismes participates Eva Cifre (coordinator of the museum’s Educational Development department) will introduce us to the work of the artist Louise Bourgeois, with her engraving Stamps of memories. Sainte Sébastienne (1993), present at Es Baluard thanks to the collector Maria de Lluc Fluxà.
The artist Teresa Matas, who has an extensive professional career behind her, has carried out some important work in relation to the concept of maternity, a topic that has always been bound to her as a person. To share her experience, during the talk she will use the illustration of two of her projects as a base - Vessar-se (Nit Niu 2009, in Cala Sant Vicenç), and L’Encontre (2013).
Carme Vidal (nurse and researcher of gender policies and president of the Associació Felanitx per la Igualtat [Felanitx Equality Association]) will lead through what is, and has been, the ideological image of maternity based on the feminist movements throughout the 20th century.
From the contemplation of women’s suffrage to the approaches of different trends, and from feminist theories (Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friendan, Kate Millet, Judith Butler, and others) who spoke of maternity and opened up new gender perspectives to us over the 20th century, until today, viewed through different crucial historical and political moments.
Also intervene Glòria Julià i Estelrich, poet, performer and musician, give a recital of poems about women. A special collection with accompaniment by two fellow musicians (Joan Carles Vaquer and Víctor Leivakian) who make up the group Vers endins.
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