The Feminist Salon is a group of artists, writers and performers who meet regularly to read and discuss the texts of French theorists working in and around issues of contemporary psychoanalytic discourse, philosophy and constructions of ‘the feminine’. The Envelope residency at the West Wing is inspired by Luce Irigaray’s thoughtful, poetic and ultimately empowering proposition of ‘The Envelope’ as a space where identity, desire, sexuality and meaning can be constructed. The week long residency will engage this new space and the public with numerous possibilities of discussion, sensorial experience, performance, film, sound and visual art.

Participants include Sharon Billinge, Dr. Louise Burchill, Angie de Latour, Inez de Vega, Victoria Duckett, Catherine Evans, Janice Gobey, Kate Hodgetts, Kate Just, Anastasia Klose, Sarah Lynch, Caroline Phillips, Hannah Raisin, Caroline Thew, Valentina Palonen and Jane Whitfid. Image: Catherine Evans: Unearthed series 2009, 8x10" silver gelatin photograph.

We invite you to visit the West Wing during our week long residency. There will be a reading room, discussions, visual art on view, sound installation, a workshop, film and live performance.

Program Highlights:

Wednesday 26th May, 7pm: reading group, all welcome, text provided.
Thursday 27th May, 5.30 pm: knitting workshop, some materials provided, BYO if you have them.
Friday 28th May, 7pm: talk and discussion on Luce Irigaray’s notion of space, time and the feminine, with Dr. Louise Burchill, video presentations following.
Saturday 29th May, 7pm: performance night and films to follow.

Keep in touch through West Space website, facebook and our blog, for more events and updates, or come past at anytime to see what is happening!


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