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鈥淟esbians and Much More鈥� was a 2010 project led by artist Hanna Jarz膮bek, which followed 12 lesbian couples in four different cities.

At that time, sexual minorities had no rights, and homosexuality was often compared publicly with paedophilia or zoophilia. Whilst lesbians鈥� presence in public space has since become more open and common, legally their situation has not changed. Since the extreme right won total power in Poland (2015), lesbians and other minority groups are increasingly under threat.

The second part of this event considers London-based Ma艂gorzata Dawidek, whose project 鈥楤odygraphy鈥� considers the notion of vulnerability, such as the susceptible ill body or a position of women and their ability to express their desires. Dawidek鈥檚 work exposes the limits of linguistic efforts to assert our identity and emphasizes the ethnic, gender, or national language platitudes we use and replicate in expressing who we are.

This event will be chaired by Dr Urszula Chowaniec, Senior Teaching Fellow in Polish Language at SSEES and it is part of the 果冻影院 Festival of Culture, event series.

Registration is free but essential, please register via

Organiser: (u.chowaniec@ucl.ac.uk)

Supported and sponsored by:
果冻影院 Grand Challenges, SSEES Centre for聽Study of Central Europe,聽 果冻影院 Institute of Advanced Studies, 果冻影院 SSEES, 果冻影院 European Institute, q果冻影院