HETERO Q.B. – INTERNATIONAL VIDEO PROGRAMME

09.04.2013 – 30.06.2013 the MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA MUSEU DO CHIADO in Portugal hosts an international programme of events, which showcases women artists, who work with themes ranging from feminism, to lesbianism and transgender.

The artists are: Ana Bezelga, Ana Pérez-Quiroga, Ana Pérez-Quiroga e Patrícia Guerreiro, Ana Pissarra, Carla Cruz, Catarina Saraiva, Célia Domingues, Cristina Regadas, Elisabetta di Sopra, Hong Yane Wang, Itziar Okariz, Joana Bastos, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Maimuna Adam, Mare Tralla, Maria Kheirkhah, Maria Lusitano, Mónica de Miranda, Nilbar Güres, Nisrine Boukhari, Oreet Ashery, Patrícia Guerreiro, Paula Roush & Maria Lusitano, Pushpamala N, Rachel Korman, Razan Akramaw, Rita GT, Roberta Lima, Sükran Moral, Susana Mendes Silva, Tejal Shah and Zanele Muholi.

The programme is curated by Emília Tavares and Paula Roush. Emília Tavares writes that “the selection spans countries and realities that are seen as ‘peripheral’ in relation to classic Euro-American feminist discourses and practices – normally regarded as more progressive defenders of the equality of women and of gender”.