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| − | + | '''Sofia Bempeza''' (Σοφία Μπέμπεζα) | |
| + | is an artist, educator, writer, researcher, curator and a poet (She-Dandy) from Athens, based in Vienna. She is Univ. Professor for Art and Communication Practices at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. | ||
| + | Her* work (poetry, experimental writing, performance, transmedia arts, artistic research, collective curating) is focused on the politics of dissent, queer-feminist art and knowledge practices as well as decolonial educational practices. Her* theoretical and artistic research concerns the history of art strike(s); queer-feminist story-telling, collectivities and polyphonic aesthetics; the cultural strategies of the far right and the anti-gender narratives. She publishes poetry, theory, and critical fabulation in multilingual magazines. | ||
She co-founded and co-curated the Queer-feminist Film Festival Aphrodite* in Athens (2018–2020), she was a board member of Shedhalle Zürich (2014–2018), and is a co-founder of The Hidden School (Aegean Sea GR/TUR, 2023-on going). Also a member of the Alliance for Critical Scholarship in Solidarity. | She co-founded and co-curated the Queer-feminist Film Festival Aphrodite* in Athens (2018–2020), she was a board member of Shedhalle Zürich (2014–2018), and is a co-founder of The Hidden School (Aegean Sea GR/TUR, 2023-on going). Also a member of the Alliance for Critical Scholarship in Solidarity. | ||
Revision as of 09:34, 20 November 2025
Sofia Bempeza (Σοφία Μπέμπεζα) is an artist, educator, writer, researcher, curator and a poet (She-Dandy) from Athens, based in Vienna. She is Univ. Professor for Art and Communication Practices at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Her* work (poetry, experimental writing, performance, transmedia arts, artistic research, collective curating) is focused on the politics of dissent, queer-feminist art and knowledge practices as well as decolonial educational practices. Her* theoretical and artistic research concerns the history of art strike(s); queer-feminist story-telling, collectivities and polyphonic aesthetics; the cultural strategies of the far right and the anti-gender narratives. She publishes poetry, theory, and critical fabulation in multilingual magazines. She co-founded and co-curated the Queer-feminist Film Festival Aphrodite* in Athens (2018–2020), she was a board member of Shedhalle Zürich (2014–2018), and is a co-founder of The Hidden School (Aegean Sea GR/TUR, 2023-on going). Also a member of the Alliance for Critical Scholarship in Solidarity.
selected publications
Sofia Bempeza, "Episodes of Antithetical Truths – Acts of Love Against Reactionary Cultural Practices and the Anti-Gender Movement", in: The Large Glass Magazine The Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) – Skopje, Journal No. 37/38, 2025.
Sofia Bempeza,“The West is (not) the Best” – Anti-Gender Narratives and Queer-feminist Struggles in Greece", in: Feminist Critique: East European Journal of Feminist and Queer Studies, Issue 6/2025.
Sofia Bempeza, Annette Krauss, "Rhythmic disturbances and dirty forms of coexistence", in: Barbara Putz-Plecko (ed.), Heterotopien des Künstlerischen, Wien: De Gruyter 2025.
Sofia Bempeza, Ines Kleesattel (2025), “Feministische(s) Mit-Gift: Ästhetisches Wissen in Hand- und Kopfarbeit” in: Barboza, Amalia and Rodriguez, Mariel (eds.), DETOURS - Artistic Knowledge Practices as Decolonial Strategies / UMWEGE - Künstlerische Wissenspraktiken als dekoloniale Strategien, Heidelberg: art-historicum.net - ART-Books.
Sofia Bempeza, „The Desire of the Exhausted – Notes on Resilience, Resistance and Adraneia”, in: Eduardo, John, Jordan, Rauch et.al. (eds.), On Withdrawal – Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices, Zurich: Diaphanes 2023.
93 (ΠΑΡΑ) ΟΙΚΙΑΚΕΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΛΕΝΗ / 93 (PARA) DOMESTIC STORIES FOR HELEN, Published by A) GLIMPSE) OF), Athens 2023.
Sofia Bempeza, “Just joking – just trolling? The Anti-gender Movement and the Cultural Tactics of the New Right“, in: Lesvies mou, Athens: Lesvies sta Prothyra, futura 2023. (in Greek)
Sofia Bempeza, "(Re-)Produktion in der Kunst – Arbeit als Subjektivierungsform", Online-Publikation des Salon IDA, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 2021.
Sofia Bempeza, Desire, Dissent, Empathy in the Art Field ‒ Biographic Records and Institutional Gaps (Επιθυμία, διαφωνία και ενσυναίσθηση στο πεδίο της τέχνης: βιωματικές καταγραφές και θεσμικά κενά ), in: feministiqa Nr. 5/2022. (in Greek)
Sofia Bempeza,Die Kunst der Nicht-Anpassung: Verweigerung und Widerstandstechniken in Zeiten der Pandemie, in: Wissenschaft & Kunst Forum, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, 2021.
Sofia Bempeza, Curving the Flat, Distancing the Social: Side Effects Without Remuneration in: Texte zur Kunst, Notes from Quarantine, 2020.
Sofia Bempeza, Aesthetic Practices of the New Right – Fake and Post-truth as a Challenge for Contemporary Transgressive Art and Cultural Practices, in: Medienimpulse – Beiträge zur Medienpädagogik, Bd. 58/Nr.2, 2020.
Sofia Bempeza, Geschichte(n) des Kunststreiks, Wien: transversal texts 2019.
Sofia Bempeza, C. Brunner, K. Hausladen, I. Kleesattel, R. Sonderegger, Polyphone Ästhetik. Eine kritische Situierung, Wien: transversal texts 2019.
Sofia Bempeza, Georgia Sagri, "Parrhesiastic Acts", in: DESTE Prize: An Anniversary Exhibition 1999-2015, Athens: Deste Foundation 2017.
Sofia Bempeza, "Dissensuelle Partizipation. Die Kunst des Scheiterns und die Stärke der Konfliktivität", in: Leonhard Emmerling, Ines Kleesattel (Hg.), Politik der Kunst – Über Möglichkeiten, das Ästhetische politisch zu denken, Bielefeld: Transcript 2016.
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