Son[i]a #131
Judith Butler
Judith Butler is the Maxine Elliot Chair professor in the Rhetoric and Comparative Literature departments at the University of California, Berkeley. She has previously taught at Wesleyan and Johns Hopkins universities. Butler has made significant contributions to the fields of feminism, queer theory, political philosophy and ethics, and is considered to be one of the most influential intellectuals in the world.
Her recent works include ‘Precarious Life’ (2006), ‘Undoing Gender’ (2006), ‘Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity’ (2007), ‘Vulnerability, Survivability’ (2008) and ‘Frames of War: When is Life Grievable?’ (2010).
Son[i]a talks to Judith Butler about politics, economy, control societies, gender and identity.
Antonia Baehr
Antonia Baehr’s works explore the fiction of the everyday and of the theatre, among other themes. That’s how her official bio at the time of writing this starts. But it does not fully convey the level of meticulousness that goes into her performances in order to emphasise every little aspect of the area between everyday life and the theatre. We talk to Antonia Baehr about switching roles, about her strategies for collaboration, some of her alter egos, gender stereotypes, and much, much more. Prepare for a bumpy ride that will take you from scores and Fluxus, to imitation, fetishism, and socks, by way of drag kings, drag queens, S&M, contracts, and even telepathic connections.
Paul B. Preciado on Carol Rama
Paul Beatriz Preciado, co-curator of the show along with Teresa Grandas, talks about the exhibition "The Passion According to Carol Rama". Preciado takes us on a discursive tour through Rama's career, describing the processes of invisibilisation of her work that succeeded each other to the point where she became "completely extemporaneous".
Beatriz Preciado
Interview with Beatriz Preciado, a lecturer in the PEI program who also leads the workshop "Art After Feminisms".
Patricia Soley–Beltrán
Interview with Patricia Soley–Beltrán about Judith Butler's work.
Donna Haraway
Interview with Donna Haraway as part of the "When Species Meet: Feminism after Cyborgs" seminar.
Beatriz Preciado
Beatriz Preciado speaks about gender theories.