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The Dinner Party
Now that the Beltane Issue of MatriFocus has been published, I'm having time to catch up on various things. At The Wildhunt Blog, I learned great news: Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party now has a permanent home.
I saw The Dinner Party in Houston, Texas — the first exhibition venue of its nine-year road tour after its premier in March, 1979, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. I was a young feminist then, in the middle of my 13 years of conscious a-spirituality.
By the early 90s, when I heard Judy Chicago deliver a keynote speech at one of Pat Cuney's International Festivals of the Goddess in Austin, Texas, I had clearly moved on from the 13-year hiatus from religious/spiritual life. In Chicago's keynote, which featured slides from The Dinner Party, The Birth Project, and the Holocaust Project, which at the time was a work-in-progress, she shared with us her dream and vision of finding a permanent home for her work.
Learning that The Dinner Party has found its home feels like coming full circle for me. Why? I'm not sure. Perhaps because it makes me realize I've been a feminist for three decades; and it reminds me of the incredible surges of hope, power, discovery, and ecstasy that feminism washed through us back then; and because the realization of this particular feminist dream is a proof of the power and vitality and basic goodness of the feminist movement and ideals.
I scribbled the following on the back of an envelope the other night, while watching an episode of Iconoclasts:
I saw The Dinner Party in Houston, Texas — the first exhibition venue of its nine-year road tour after its premier in March, 1979, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. I was a young feminist then, in the middle of my 13 years of conscious a-spirituality.
By the early 90s, when I heard Judy Chicago deliver a keynote speech at one of Pat Cuney's International Festivals of the Goddess in Austin, Texas, I had clearly moved on from the 13-year hiatus from religious/spiritual life. In Chicago's keynote, which featured slides from The Dinner Party, The Birth Project, and the Holocaust Project, which at the time was a work-in-progress, she shared with us her dream and vision of finding a permanent home for her work.
Learning that The Dinner Party has found its home feels like coming full circle for me. Why? I'm not sure. Perhaps because it makes me realize I've been a feminist for three decades; and it reminds me of the incredible surges of hope, power, discovery, and ecstasy that feminism washed through us back then; and because the realization of this particular feminist dream is a proof of the power and vitality and basic goodness of the feminist movement and ideals.
I scribbled the following on the back of an envelope the other night, while watching an episode of Iconoclasts:
We are starved for beauty and meaning in our lives.The Dinner Party as the permanent centerpiece of the new Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum is a table laden with beauty and meaning, set for all of us — for our ancestors and for our progeny.(Alice Waters)
Labels: art, feminism / feminists, quotes / quotations
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Voilà les numéros de téléphone, du Portugal, si vous avez quelque information: (+00351) 289 884 500; (+00351)282 405 400; (+00351)218 641 00, ainsi que (+00351)112 (ou votre numéro d'urgence européen).
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Desde Portugal piden por el Paradero de esta niña que está desaparecida.
En el caso que alguién sepa algo, más arriba tienen todos los datos para comunicarse.
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Amigos:
Menina inglesa desaparecida a 3 de Maio do Algarve(Portugal) onde estava de férias com os pais.Provavelmente já se encontra fora de Portugal.Se tiver informações telefone para os números acima.Ajude Maddie! Coloque esta mensagem e fotos no seu blog!
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Dieses kleine Mädchen wird vermisst!Sie ist von ihrem Hotelzimmer an der Algarve (Praia da Luz- Portugal) am 3. Mai, wo sie Ferien mit ihrem Eltern gemacht hat, verschwunden .Es ist möglich, dass sie für illegale Adoption oder sexuell Mißbrauch entführt worden ist.Vielleicht hat sie Portugal schon verlassen.Wenn Sie Informationen oder Hinweise haben, rufen Sie, bitte, die gegebene Telefonnummer an.Helfen Sie Maddie!Posten Sie, bitte, diese Nachricht mit fotos in ihre Blogs!
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Translate this to other languages please! Italian, Greek, Russian etc.
I'll had it here!
This is a post for foreign bloggers that might visit portuguese bloggers.
Thank you!
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PHONE IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION (+00351)289 884 500; (+00351)282 405 400; (+00351)218 641 00; (+00351)112 (This is the Portuguese Emergency Phone Number).
This english girl is missing. She disappeared from her bedroom in Algarve (Portugal) on May 3rd where she was with her parents on vacation. She may face international illegal adoption or sexual exploitation. She might be out of portuguese borders already. Help finding her spreading this message and Maddie’s photos on your blogs.
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Voilà les numéros de téléphone, du Portugal, si vous avez quelque information: (+00351) 289 884 500; (+00351)282 405 400; (+00351)218 641 00, ainsi que (+00351)112 (ou votre numéro d'urgence européen).
Cette petite fille anglaise est disparue au 3 Mai de l’Algarve (Portugal) où elle était avec les parents en vacances. Probablement elle est déjà dehors la frontière portugaise. Si vous avez d’informations appelez les numéros de téléphone. Aide Maddie ! Mettez le message et photos dans vos blogs.
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Amigos:
Desde Portugal piden por el Paradero de esta niña que está desaparecida.
En el caso que alguién sepa algo, más arriba tienen todos los datos para comunicarse.
Todos necesitamos de todos. Muchas gracias. (colaboración de: ADAL)
~~~~~~0~~~~~~
Amigos:
Menina inglesa desaparecida a 3 de Maio do Algarve(Portugal) onde estava de férias com os pais.Provavelmente já se encontra fora de Portugal.Se tiver informações telefone para os números acima.Ajude Maddie! Coloque esta mensagem e fotos no seu blog!
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HABEN SIE DIESES KLEINE MÄDCHEN GESEHEN?
Dieses kleine Mädchen wird vermisst!Sie ist von ihrem Hotelzimmer an der Algarve (Praia da Luz- Portugal) am 3. Mai, wo sie Ferien mit ihrem Eltern gemacht hat, verschwunden .Es ist möglich, dass sie für illegale Adoption oder sexuell Mißbrauch entführt worden ist.Vielleicht hat sie Portugal schon verlassen.Wenn Sie Informationen oder Hinweise haben, rufen Sie, bitte, die gegebene Telefonnummer an.Helfen Sie Maddie!Posten Sie, bitte, diese Nachricht mit fotos in ihre Blogs!
________________________________________
Translate this to other languages please! Italian, Greek, Russian etc.
I'll had it here!
This is a post for foreign bloggers that might visit portuguese bloggers.
Thank you!
________________________________________
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