Smashing Wor-l-ds

20/04/2023

31/03/2023

"The Purge Mouth of colonial wounds"

manifest of the purge words
what does this mouth say so much? is it just a mouth or an echo
of so many ancestors?
occupying spaces of epistemic violence
so called space of knowledge
of vocabularies that create universal truths
and destroys so many other forms of existence and knowledge…

Throwback to this performance by Brazilian artist Alessandra dos Santos Silva, created as a digital artistic intervention at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as part of the project “Smashing Wor(l)ds: Cultural practices to re/magine and unlearn vocabularies”.

🎥 Find the full performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4bx3ccBvNQ

Credits
Video concept and dramaturgy: Vivian Crespo Zurita
performance : Alessandra dos Santos Silva
Video camera, sound and editing : (Susana Ojeda and Hubert Marz)

15/03/2023

Have you listened to all the Smashing Wor(l)ds podcasts yet? kulturen in bewegung, the Inna Przestrzeń [Other Space] Foundation and BOZAR - Center for Fine Arts Brussels have each recorded a few podcast episodes in which they talk to different people about the world of words. Don't miss these valuable conversations!

You can find the Podcasts through https://smashingworlds.com/site/podcasts/


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Thanks to the support by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and BMKÖS/Sek.IV., this project is the result of the partnership led by kulturen in bewegung (Austria), the Inna Przestrzeń [Other Space] Foundation (Poland) and Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (BOZAR) (Belgium) with the collaboration of associated partners of Africa Museum (Belgium), Afro Rainbow Austria [ARA] (Austria), Q***r Base (Austria), Silent University Graz (Austria) and the students of the Studio for Post-Conceptual Art Practices [PCAP] at the Academy of Fine Arts (Austria).

23/12/2022

As the year 2022 and our wonderful EU project Smashing Wor-l-ds is coming to an end, we also reached the very last two vocabulairs:

"Unlearning Vocabularies" and "Deconstructing Everyday Life".

Always remember: Words can be a vocabulary of resistance, a statement against epistemic violence.🧡💙

We wish you all stress-free and triggerless holidays and hope that wherever you are, you find some rest! We are excited for 2023 and look forward to sharing all our new projects with you soon. Happy Holidays !

Graphics: ©

22/12/2022

And we are continuing: We've got three new words for you! Words can be a vocabulary of resistance, a statement against epistemic violence.

Our new phrases are "Smashing Structures of Power", "Spaces of Softness" & "Crossing Minds & Bodies".

Graphics: ©

13/12/2022

As part of our EU project Smashing Wor-l-ds, we have spent a year introducing you to new terms with the aim of engaging with the vocabulary, language and narratives of resistance to develop new forms of expression against epistemic violence that has become entrenched in our language.
Over the next few weeks, we will share with you the final eight vocabularies we have prepared for you, starting right now with:

"Smashing Normativities", "Imaginary Encounters" & "Body Memory Word".

Graphic designer and artist supported us with transforming words and phrases into little shareable artworks💖

06/12/2022

Learn what memes are, how to create them, and join us as we unite our creativity and visual vocabulary to transform violence into memes to smash the power of hate!

❗️Hard facts❗️
❌Topic: Meme Training focuses on „Intersectional Q***r-Feminism in Pop Culture“
❌Wednesday 7th of December
❌5pm - 7:30pm
❌At VIDC, Möllwaldplatz 5/9, 1040 Vienna
❌Free entry
❌Register via DMs or [email protected]
❌Bring your smartphone and a charger!

And yes, we did this meme 😈

30/11/2022

Sign up for this amazing training!

23/11/2022

SMASHING MEMES meets FEM*FRIDAY

with Anahita Neghabat


🔹Meme Training 1: 28.11.2022 - Meme as a Communication Tool
🔹Meme Training 2: 01.12.2022 – Non-Violent Communication and Anti-Discriminatory Vocabulary
🔹Meme Training 3: 07.12.2022 – Intersecional Q***r-Feminism in Pop Culture

Each 5pm – 7:30pm
At VIDC, Möllwaldplatz 5/9, 1040 Wien


Racisms, sexism, and queerphobia are everyday realities. In this trainings, we come together to translate our individual and shared experiences into humorous memes, to have fun, and to turn hate speechs into satirical memes. Together, we will use our creativity and visual vocabularies to transform violence into memes smashing the power of hate speech. The trainings will be led by Anahita Neghabat aka https://www.instagram.com/ibiza_austrian_memes/


Memes have become an integral part of popculture. Memes empower the masses to comment on and intervene in popcultural events. Today, no iconic popcultural moment passes without a wave of memetic commentary. In this workshop we come together to explore memes as a tool for highlighting intersectional perspectives in public discourse. Together, we will reflect on the current state of pop feminism and draft interventions in feminist discourses through intersectional memes.

These trainings are focusing on non-violent communication, anti-discrimination, intersectional vocabulary and are part of the activities of the Smashing Wor(l)ds project of the capacity building module of kulturen in bewegung.
In collaboration with the project 💘

❗️Side note❗️
Don’t forget your smartphone and charger!
Register via [email protected] for the chosen Meme-Training

Image frame: © Irene Martinez

09/08/2022

We honestly can‘t stop thinking of the wonderful days we had togehter at the Festival of Vocabularies Life!
The 3rd and last day offered such a rich program and left us with questions, answers, individual and new perspectives. (As well as all the other days did!)
Thanks again to everyone who participated in this special project! See you soon 💘

📷: Marisel Orellana Bongola

03/08/2022

Remember how inspiring, educational, fun and moving our second day of the Festival of Vocabularies Life was? Thank you Marisel Orellana Bongola for capturing every second of it for us 🧡