Revolt, she said

2019

Revolt, as I understand it—psychic revolt, analytic revolt, artistic revolt—refers to a permanent state of questioning, of transformations, an endless probing of appearances.  
— JULIA KRISTEVA

2-4.30pm, Friday 8 March
“REVOLT, SHE SAID” LONG TABLE
organised by the Subjectivity and Feminisms Research Group
@ The Banqueting Hall, Chelsea College of Arts, 16 John Islip Street, London SW1P 4JU

This Long Table discussion will be led by members of the Subjectivity and Feminisms Research Group at Chelsea College of Arts and invited guests:

MARY EVANS
AZADEH FATEHRAD
ORIANA FOX
HELEN KAPLINSKY
LANA LOCKE
SUSAN SAN PUI LOK
SOPHIA PHOCA
TRISH SCOTT
JENNET THOMAS

The event will take Julia Kristeva’s distinction between the terms “revolt” and “revolution” as a springboard to debate** a perceived antagonism between activism and creativity. All audience members are encouraged to take up seats at the table and participate in the debate, based on Lois Weaver’s ‘Long Table’ Etiquette.*

“Revolt” is seen by Kristeva as a continuous process of exposing contradictions and undoing fixity. By contrast, she views “revolution” as being directed towards establishing a new political order that inevitably results in conformity.

How might Kristeva’s concept of “revolt” offer hope to artists who are not necessarily activists, yet who are keen to effect change in attitudes towards the category of being ‘female’, a still marginalised position in patriarchal culture, the success of feminist movements notwithstanding. Or is a Kristevan process of “revolt” superfluous in an era of #MeToo?

*Conceived by performance artist Lois Weaver, the Long Table is an experimental open public forum that is a hybrid performance-installation-roundtable-discussion designed to facilitate dialogue through the gathering together of people with common interests. More info: http://www.split-britches.com/longtable/

** See pp. 99-110 and pp. 119-123 of Kristeva’s Revolt, She Said
https://monoskop.org/images/6/68/Kristeva_Julia_Revolt_She_Said_2002.pdf

6-8.30pm
“REVOLT, SHE SAID” CABARET
Canteen Annexe
Everyone’s welcome, but booking for both events is essential.

BOOKING INFORMATION:

LONG TABLE (2-4.30pm, Banqueting Hall)
Tickets: £5/3* (includes refreshments)
Book your place here: https://estore.arts.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/ccw/research-at-camberwell-chelsea-wimbledon-colleges-of-arts/revolt-she-said-long-table

*If you are unable to afford the ticket price, please email us at ccwresearchevents@arts.ac.uk.
“REVOLT, SHE SAID” CABARET (6-8.30pm, Canteen Annexe)
Free, but booking is essential.
Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/revolt-she-said-cabaret-tickets-55223133880

 

Both events are part of “Revolt, She Said,” convened by Subjectivity & Feminisms Research Group at Chelsea College of Arts. Presented by Research Events: Camberwell, Chelsea, Wimbledon Colleges of Arts, as part of School of Fine Art Public Programme.

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Image courtesy: Stephanie Spindler.