The F Word"Now more than ever, feminism is an 'f-word'--it invokes the profane, the unspeakable, the mischievous, and the tabloo. (In addition to acting as a stand-in for feminism, the f-word has been used as a surrogate for 'fuck,' 'food,' 'fat,' 'fag,' and even 'forced preganancy,' drawing intriguing connections between sensuality, sexuality, consumption, control, and rights.) We took these contradictions and deliberate ambiguities as an opportunity to think about how feminist practices might be defined and understood today. Conceived in early 2008, 'The F Word' featured works in video and installation by fourteen women artists: Rebecca Belmore, Patty Chang, Allyson Clay, who created a project together with Lisa Robertson and Nathanaël (Nathalie Stephens), Kate Craig and Margaret Dragu, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Klara Lidén, Deirdre Logue, Jillian Macdonald, Lisa Steele, and Salla Tykkä."--Introduction (page 5). |
