Friday, May 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Kinoteka 2
Meeting: Queer historical narratives
After Block 3. Barbara Hammer retrospective: NITRATE KISSES and SANCTUS
Partners: Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw; Lambda Warszawa; QueerMuzeum
In her work, Barbara Hammer (re)constructed a rubbed-out history of non-heteronormative people, particularly lesbians, in the 20th century. She created historical and contemporary images of queer communities and repression shaped by homophobia. She gave value to representations of people who were often left out of the centre of the LGBTQ+ community, challenging existing stereotypes. Dr Krystyna Mazur, who researched Barbara Hammer's work for many years, will talk about the artist’s archive and methods. Guest speakers Dr Anna Dżabagina and Dr Joanna Ostrowska, members of the Programme Council of QueerMuseum, established by Lambda Warszawa on the eve of the institution's opening, will also talk about interview techniques concerning the history of non-heteronormative people, especially women, and strategies for building inclusive representations.
Guests:
dr Anna Dzhabagina – dra Anna Dżabagina – literary historian, assistant professor at the Institute of Polish Literature at the University of Warsaw, and a member of the Research Workshop on LGBT+ History and Identities. Her book 'Kalkowska. Biogeografia' made it to the final of the S. Barańczak Poznań Literary Award-Scholarship and was nominated for the Polish Gender Society's Book of the Year. She is currently working on a monograph on the lesbian work of Polish, Russian and Ukrainian modernists and a queer biography of Narcyza Żmichowska.
dr Krystyna Mazur – co-curator of the Barbara Hammer film retrospective presented at the 21st MDAG. Cultural and American studies scholar. Her book "Poetry and Repetition" was published by Routledge in 2005. Her main research areas are American literature and film, and queer studies. She is a lecturer at the Centre for American Studies at the University of Warsaw. Her book on Barbara Hammer, “What a Body Can Do: Barbara Hammer in the Seventies”, will be released this year by Palgrave Macmillan.
dr Joanna Ostrowska – historian, film critic, theatre dramatist. Her work focuses on topics related to sexual violence during World War II and the forgotten victims of Nazism. For her book “Oni. Homoseksualiści w czasie II wojny światowej", she received the "NIKE" readers' award in 2022.
Moderator:
dr Gabriela Sitek – co-curator of the Barbara Hammer film retrospective presented at the 21st MDAG. Graduate of PhD studies at the Institute of Audiovisual Arts, Jagiellonian University. Co-editor of the book “Historie filmu awangardowego” (2020, with dr. hab. Łukasz Ronduda).
