ECA Gender Thing

10/05/2018

air|sea play at the Wee Red Bar
airsea.bandcamp.com

10/05/2018

Linda O'Keefe performing at the concert in the Wee Red Bar

10/05/2018

at the Gender Thing concert at the Wee Red Bar

10/05/2018

Lucy Duncombe and Sarah performing at in the Wee Red Bar

09/05/2018

GenderThing will conclude with performances from air|sea, Linda O'Keeffe, Lucy Duncombe and Ewa Justka and an after-after party with Miss World at the Wee Red Bar. https://www.facebook.com/events/2110550982549250/

09/05/2018

After the workshops come to a seminar led by Dr. Jennifer O’Meara in Alison House from 2-4pm. We will be discussing gender politics and embodiment issues around women's voices in memes and podcasts. https://www.facebook.com/events/2110550982549250/

09/05/2018

Whether you want to build your own electronic instrument, record, map, perform the body in space or to repurpose materials there are still spaces available for GenderThing workshops! https://www.facebook.com/events/2110550982549250/

07/05/2018

Fantastic turnout and wonderful start to the Gender Thing art exhibition at Tent Gallery Diverse and exciting artworks engaging different aspects of gender and sexual politics in academic institutions. Spaces still available for our workshops 9 May and gig at WRB!

30/04/2018

GenderThing workshop. Book your place at https://bit.ly/2F3FHtW

This workshop explores the impact of sound on the body in particular spaces and locations. It consists of 4 parts, a soundscape listening exercise, sound mapping this experience, creating a graphic score from the sound map, and performing the score. Each element is a process of shaping our listening...

23/04/2018

This CfP has just been announced and seems relevant to our collective interests. Anyone else interested in a trip to Sheffield? http://news.harts.online/listing/cfp-intersections-academia-conference-18th-june-deadline-27th-april/

Intersections & Academia Conference – Call for Papers The political backdrop of the past few years has provoked numerous conversations about social justice issues, both inside and outside of academia. However, like Donald Trump, Theresa May, and the rising Right, these conversations, and their cor...

21/04/2018

Come to a workshop with ECA's Sophia Lycouris. Observe, document, re-arrange. Book your space here: https://tinyurl.com/y8df8cjo This is part of GenderThing and it'll give you access to everything on that day.

In this workshop, feminist critique has been informed by principals of radical education, which draw attention to invisible relationships between oppressor and oppressed, and theories of social imagination in the process of understanding space through action. Each participant will choose an object u...

21/04/2018

Come to 'Sounding the Body in Space' with Linda O Keeffe. Book your places here to record, map, perform: https://bit.ly/2F3FHtW. This is part of our GenderThing day and tickets will get you into everything.

This workshop explores the impact of sound on the body in particular spaces and locations. It consists of 4 parts, a soundscape listening exercise, sound mapping this experience, creating a graphic score from the sound map, and performing the score. Each element is a process of shaping our listening...

21/04/2018

Want to build your very own electronic instrument? Come to Ewa Justka's workshop: https://bit.ly/2K4pYyM. It is part of GenderThing and will give you access to everything on that day around.

For this one-day workshop, Polish electronic noise artist Ewa Justka will guide you through the creation of a unique, multi-faceted electronic instrument and effects unit - The Voice Odder. The Voice Odder is a simple electronic circuit based on delay IC. It can generate various sounds - from echo a...

21/04/2018

We started GenderThing to talk about gender and sexual politics in relation to academic institutions. On the 9th of May, we are going to do this. Workshops, talks, performances, club night and exhibition (exhibition running from 7th to 9th May). Workshops: £7 unless otherwise noted (lunch and materials provided). Performances/club night: £5 suggested donation.

17/12/2017

Three heroines of Acoustics, can you suggest some others?

28/11/2017

Women in sound: addressing the music industry’s gender gap -
http://theconversation.com/women-in-sound-addressing-the-music-industrys-gender-gap-85132

gender thing: info on meetings, events and activities around ECA

15/11/2017

09/11/2017

Hey people! Meet us today, 1pm at Lecture Room B, Alison House. Today we will continue discussing Dangerous Sexualities, starting with Bataille and Delany dealing with HIV and Aids in a radical way and then debate on how to construct a Q***r Politics of Listening. See you all there!

24/10/2017

Thursday!

11/10/2017

This week's Gender Thing topic is Gender and Pop Music Video. You can check out some of the videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGSJDYwY6sTX5c_9kr2fghX_i9aLLBnzT

See you all this Thursday, 12th of October, 1-2 pm at Lecture Room B, Alison House, Nicolson Sq.

04/10/2017

Hi everyone! Gender Thing people will be attending the Grace Jones Symposium tomorrow and Friday. We will be back next Thursday, 12th of October to discuss Gender and Music Video.

27/09/2017

Upcoming Gender Thing Meeting - Thursday, 28th September, 1 pm, Lecture Room B. Alison House, 12 Nicolson Sq, Edinburgh EH8 9DF.

We will ponder about ‘Gender & Sex”. Please come along and bring a lot of ideas and suggestions as we will also arrange the topics/ideas/schedule for this term.

Looking forward to seeing you all.

GENDER THING Group

17/09/2017

How do you create a Gender Thing?

Pushing, moving, thinking, making, processing, melting, sticking ideas of practice into bodies, others, objects, tools, machines: THINGS.

We want more opportunities to engage with buzzwords such as: intersectionality, performativity, participation, collaboration, collectivity, non-binary, q***r, (cyber)feminism, body politics, safe spaces, normativity, cis/transgender, consent, identity....

What do these words mean to you? How does gender inform your experience of creative practice? How do you think about gender in your institution and artwork; your research and creativity?

We are a welcoming and collaborative group of people based at ECA, wanting to explore Gender Things in an accessible, practical and enjoyable exchange of thoughts and experiences. We are looking for interested people with a wide range of perspectives, ideas and backgrounds to join us. Although we are presently an academic-led initiative, this is an open space to all and there is no prior experience required. Currently, we meet for weekly discussion, aiming to expand into a broad series of events and activities, so that we can share our findings/makings/THINGS with a public audience.

We are meeting Thursday 21st September, 1-2pm. Alison House, Nicolson Square, Lecture Room A. Let’s think about Gender & Art for our first meeting.