INVITATION | Panel Discussion | Cutting Realities as Artistic Strategy

The AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM presents Cutting Realities as Artistic Strategy. Gender Strategies in Central Europe with special focus on the work of VALIE EXPORT. PANEL DISCUSSION TUESDAY October 14, 2008 | 7 PM The panel discussion focuses on the issue of gender as an artistic strategy prevalent since the 1960s in both Europe and the USA. While the USA had always been more liberal in its response to radical performances in public space, Central and Eastern Europe enforced harsh punishments due to the restrictive politics dominant in the 1960s and 70s. The discussion will examine radical artistic practices and how their perception has changed up to the present day. With: VALIE EXPORT, artist Karen Finley, artist Georg Schoellhammer, documenta 12 publication editor Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger, Prof. of Literature at Lafayette College, PA Moderated by Walter Seidl, Curator of Cutting Realities RESERVATIONS | Free admission. However, tickets are required. For reservations, please call ACF's reservation line at (212) 319 5300 ext. 222 or email reservations@acfny.org. Please leave your name, telephone number, the day of the performance you want to attend and number of tickets requested. VENUE | Austrian Cultural Forum 11 East 52nd Street (between 5th Ave. and Madison Ave.) New York, NY 10022 212 319 5300 CORRECTION Please note the correct date of the film screenings: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 6 PM Prater 8 PM All the Invisible Things (Heile Welt) No reservations necessary. We apologize for the confusion caused.