Feminist Future Forever

Feminism concerns everyone, everywhere: at work, on the street, at home, in matters of reproduction, in the writing of history, and, not least, in art. Every step toward greater equality is accompanied by protest and resistance, because feminist struggles are rooted in specific social and political conditions. Despite the diversity of their demands, feminists across times and places share a commitment to critically examine existing inequalities and envision futures in which structural, economic, and lived equality become a reality for all women*. The exhibition Feminist Futures Forever brings together 237 artists from different generations. At its core is the plurality of their artistic practices. Feminist demands, their sociopolitical impacts, and diverse temporalities become linked. Each concern critically engages with its respective history and present, but also addresses the conditions of an imagined future. Feminist Futures Forever follows this principle of looking both backward and forward at the same time. Taking a cue from the 1985 exhibition Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn, it brings international, intersectional, and inter-generational perspectives into dialogue. The artworks reflect the diversity of feminist perspectives and demonstrate that there is neither a single feminism nor a uniform feminist aesthetic. Questions of gender, the body, labor, desire, memory, and social participation are explored from a variety of angles.