As part of their collaboration on a workbook, Bettina Camilla H. Vestergaard and Yvette Brackman invite the audience into the working process behind the publication. Based on a question guide, the workbook examines harassment and discrimination in Danish art contexts from an intersectional equality perspective.

The installation is staged around a long table with collection boxes, where the audience is invited to provide written feedback on the book’s content. The collection boxes pay homage to the American feminist artist Mary Beth Edelson and her work Story Gathering Boxes (1972 -), in which personal stories are collected from visitors to galleries and museums. During the exhibition period, discussion groups were held around the table, where the themes of the workbook were collectively discussed.
The book is published by ARIEL PRESS.

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(In Danish)
Som en del af deres samarbejde om en håndbog inviterer Bettina Camilla H. Vestergaard og Yvette Brackman publikum ind i arbejdsprocessen bag publikationen. Med afsæt i en spørgeguide undersøger håndbogen krænkelser og forskelsbehandling i danske kunstmiljøer fra et intersektionelt ligestillingsperspektiv.

Installationen iscenesættes omkring et langbord med arkiv- og samlekasser, hvor publikum inviteres til at skrive feedback på bogens indhold. Samlekasserne er en hommage til den amerikanske, feministiske kunstner Mary Beth Edelson og hendes værk Story Gathering Boxes (1972 -), hvor personlige historier indsamles fra gæster på gallerier og museer. I løbet af udstillingen blev der afholdt samtalegrupper rundt om bordet, hvor bogens indhold blev diskuteret.
Bogen udkommer på ARIEL PRESS.

Art–Differences–Communities /
Kunst Forskelle Fællesskaber

2021

Wooden table 220 cm x 50 cm,
wooden benches with cushions,
wooden boxes for A5, wooden wall shelf,
12 wall posters A2 (graphic design
by Nilas Andersen),
printed matter A5 and A4

Supported by
The Danish Arts Foundation
Copenhagen Municipality, Council for Visual Arts
Women’s Building, Copenhagen

Exhibited at
The platform Feminisms in the Aesthetics,
Women’s Building, Copenhagen