The internationally oriented, two-stage competition for female* visual artists to design an artistic work for women* who resisted the Nazi regime in Upper Austria was announced by OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH on behalf of the province of Upper Austria together with the University of Art and Design Linz. The Kulturquartier, which is located on the site of the former Ursuline convent and thus at an early location for girls' and women's education, is intended as the location for the prize-winning work. The artistic works are called upon to commemorate the resistance of women during the Nazi era in Upper Austria, their resistant deeds, actions and ideas, as well as to honor them and recognize them as relevant in the present. The artistic works are intended to do justice to the broad, contradictory and heterogeneous field of action in which the women* acted. In addition, they should critically reflect the current debates surrounding monuments in public space.
According to the competition brief. In the meantime, the selected and awarded project is already known.
The project created by Sabrina Kern and Mariel Rodriguez is intended as a memorial to women* who resisted the Nazi regime and is entitled "5 to 12. Unheard-of resistance"

The accompanying discussion event took place at the University of Art and Design Linz at the beginning of October. You can listen to an audio recording of the discussion with:
Martina Gugglberger from the Johannes Kepler University Linz
Verena Lorber from the Franz and Franziska Jägerstätter Institute
Brigitte Podgorschek from the artist:inside group PRINZpod
Genoveva Rückert-Sommerauer from the OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH and
Oona Valarie Serbest from FIFTITU% - the feminist forum and a networking and advice center for women* in art and culture in Upper Austria

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LISTENING TIP:
The program series Who cares? Arbeit feministisch betrachtet is available from October 26 to November 12. From Monday to Friday on all free radios in Austria and afterwards for listening in the online archive.