Fotomuseum Winterthur | Online Events | Wednesday, 04.05.2022, 20:00–21:00
Artist Talk with Carmen Winant
Carmen Winant, A Melon, a Pineapple, an Olive Tree, an Emerald, a Fox in the Snow, 2019. Installation view Orlando – Based on Novel by Virginia Woolf, Fotomuseum Winterthur © Fotomuseum Winterthur / Conradin Frei
The artist Carmen Winant will provide insights into her work. As a writer and artist, Winant explores the possibilities of feminist uprise against patriarchal structures. Her works in the exhibition Orlando – Based on a Novel by Virginia Woolf layer images of her naked chest with photographs originally published in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. Inspired by Woolf’s novel, Winant’s works deal with themes of limitlessness, transience and self-discovery. In conversation with Nadine Wietlisbach, director Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winant will speak about her work and her working process.
The event is free, will be held in English and takes place on Zoom. Details on how to access the talk will be confirmed upon registration. Register here.
This event takes place in the framework of the exhibition Orlando – Based on a Novel by Virginia Woolf. The 1928 novel Orlando tells the story of a young noble person in the age of Queen Elizabeth I who lives for centuries without ageing and has the mysterious ability to switch gender. In 1992, film-maker Sally Potter devised what has become a classic adaptation of the book with actress Tilda Swinton in the title role. The exhibition of the same name, developed by Swinton, shows the work of contemporary artists and photographers who explore the main themes dealt with in Orlando’s story: gender fluidity, the idea of boundless consciousness and the prospect of living forever.
The event is free, will be held in English and takes place on Zoom. Details on how to access the talk will be confirmed upon registration. Register here.
This event takes place in the framework of the exhibition Orlando – Based on a Novel by Virginia Woolf. The 1928 novel Orlando tells the story of a young noble person in the age of Queen Elizabeth I who lives for centuries without ageing and has the mysterious ability to switch gender. In 1992, film-maker Sally Potter devised what has become a classic adaptation of the book with actress Tilda Swinton in the title role. The exhibition of the same name, developed by Swinton, shows the work of contemporary artists and photographers who explore the main themes dealt with in Orlando’s story: gender fluidity, the idea of boundless consciousness and the prospect of living forever.