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The audiowalks collect perspectives that are often times invisible, inaudible, and not payed attention to in city planning. Topics addressed include access/exclusion to/from spaces, culture of remembrance in public space, autonomous spaces, and urban economies.
F_Walks is organised by the collective fem_arc.
Against the backdrop of a growing debate about gender we as emerging architects see ourselves obliged to contribute. Architecture is still male-dominated. Gender inequality – especially in higher positions – not just in architecture schools but in events, exhibitions, awards, is remarkable. We are fem_arc collective, a group of six women that have set out on collaboratively forming a practice, positioning ourselves in the broader field of architecture, or, more precisely, setting up a critical spatial practice. Our first enterprise was the F_TALKS lecture and conversation series in summer 2018.
None of us are fully trained architects in terms of the discipline’s regulations nor are we experienced feminists on a theoretical level. We are, however, very interested in the spatial politics of bodies. We find ourselves at a point where we deeply question the structural boundaries of the discipline historically set by men, and with this the educational concepts of architecture schools. Acknowledging the problematic state of contemporary architectural practice in terms of unquestioned gender identities and not quite diverse office structures, we want to employ the gender discourse, form alliances and aim at provoking an ongoing dialogue about the future of feminist practice in art and architecture.
There are many ways of spatial expression and we set out to find our own. However, for us architectural or spatial practice can also be the refusal of actually building physical structures. We are in search for exit points, entry points and transversal thinking and making beyond our discipline.
Océane Réveillac, Amelie Schindler, Insa Streit, Lara Stöhlmacher, Lucía Gauchat Schulte, Aslı Varol, Ana Rodriguez Bisbicus
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Wie können wir trotz physischer Distanz feministische Raumpraktiken kollektiv erfahren?
Während eines Spaziergangs, der von binauralen Tonaufnahmen begleitet wird, begegnen wir einer Vielfalt weiblicher Perspektiven im Alltagsleben in der Stadt. Der Spaziergang ist eine Zusammenstellung von sehr unterschiedlichen Situationen an sehr unterschiedlichen Orten. Während des ruhigen Spaziergangs durch die Straßen von Linz erleben die Teilnehmerinnen emanzipatorische Praktiken und Räume zusammen mit verschiedenen narrativen Charakteren, die sie durch die Stadt leiten. Erzählte Räume und die physische Umgebung gehen ineinander über. Was können wir voneinander lernen, unabhängig von der Entfernung, die uns trennt? Aufgezeichnete Räume schwingen im realen Raum mit. Wie wäre das, wenn wir genau hier die gleichen Praktiken anwenden würden?
Die Audiowalks sammeln Perspektiven, die oft unsichtbar und unhörbar sind und in der Stadtplanung nicht beachtet werden. Zu den behandelten Themen gehören der Zugang zu, oder der Ausschluss von Räumen, Erinnerungskultur im öffentlichen Raum, autonome Räume wie Wohnprojekte und städtische Ökonomien.
F_Walks is organised by the collective fem_arc.
Against the backdrop of a growing debate about gender we as emerging architects see ourselves obliged to contribute. Architecture is still male-dominated. Gender inequality – especially in higher positions – not just in architecture schools but in events, exhibitions, awards, is remarkable. We are fem_arc collective, a group of six women that have set out on collaboratively forming a practice, positioning ourselves in the broader field of architecture, or, more precisely, setting up a critical spatial practice. Our first enterprise was the F_TALKS lecture and conversation series in summer 2018.
None of us are fully trained architects in terms of the discipline’s regulations nor are we experienced feminists on a theoretical level. We are, however, very interested in the spatial politics of bodies. We find ourselves at a point where we deeply question the structural boundaries of the discipline historically set by men, and with this the educational concepts of architecture schools. Acknowledging the problematic state of contemporary architectural practice in terms of unquestioned gender identities and not quite diverse office structures, we want to employ the gender discourse, form alliances and aim at provoking an ongoing dialogue about the future of feminist practice in art and architecture.
There are many ways of spatial expression and we set out to find our own. However, for us architectural or spatial practice can also be the refusal of actually building physical structures. We are in search for exit points, entry points and transversal thinking and making beyond our discipline.
Océane Réveillac, Amelie Schindler, Insa Streit, Lara Stöhlmacher, Lucía Gauchat Schulte, Aslı Varol, Ana Rodriguez Bisbicus
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