Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/20/2015
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Swissnex San Francisco
Category(ies)
- Film
- Conversation
- Literature
- Debate
- Music
- Discussion
- Visual Arts
- Multimedia
- Photography
- International
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(X)change is a packed week of performance, drag, photography, film, and critical dialogue not to be missed.
This micro-festival brings together Swiss and local Bay Area artists to intersect performance aesthetics and queer tactics across cultural contexts.
Join us for an afternoon of discussion around gender perception with academics, activists, artists, and thinkers from Switzerland and the US.
The program is organized in two parts: First, lectures from activists and leading academics in gender/queer research and law. Second, through roundtable discussions, explore the status of gender/queer studies and performance, medical and psychological views of gender, and notions of gender through law and activism that impact LGBT individuals, families, and communities.
Included in the afternoon is a performative lecture by artist Keith Hennessey.
(X)change is a collaboration between the sister cities of Zurich, Switzerland, and San Francisco. It is organized and supported by CounterPulse, zürich moves!, swissnex San Francisco, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, the City of Zürich Department of Culture, Presence Switzerland, and Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council.
Program
- 12:00 pm Doors open (lunch provided)
- 12:15 pm Presentations and Q&A
- 2:00 pm Coffee break
- 2:30 pm Performance/lecture by Keith Hennessey
- 3:00 pm Round table discussions
- 4:30 pm Networking reception
- 5:00 pm Doors close
Bios
Organized and Supported by: CounterPulse, zürich moves!, swissnex San Francisco, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, City of Zürich Department of Culture, Presence Switzerland, and Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council.