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12/10/2001

First story

Galeria do Palacio, Porto

a project curated by Ute Meta Bauer

FIRST STORY - WOMEN BUILDING/NEW NARRATIVES FOR THE 21st CENTURY is a transdisciplinary project including participation by women who work in various artistic and cultural fields. The project opens up new dimensions of cultural production in terms of visibility of women's issues. The process of production becomes part of the project itself. Workshops during the exhibition, a regular insert within MIL FOLHAS, the supplement of the daily Portuguese newspaper Público and a symposium will force an exchange between the participants and those who are interested in participating, involvement in the topics raised and a sharing of their experience and knowledge.

FIRST STORY - WOMEN BUILDING/NEW NARRATIVES FOR THE 21st CENTURY takes on the function of a Start-Up enterprise which develops further an international and local network of female artists, cultural producers, film makers, architects, writers, activists etc. particularly in regard to their engagement in women related issues. The commission of specific productions is based on various thematic topics and research fields. Points of departure are new narratives by women oriented towards the future role of women in society. This does not necessarily limit itself towards women issues only but crucial for this project is its concentration on "new narratives".

FIRST STORY - WOMEN BUILDING/NEW NARRATIVES FOR THE 21st CENTURY in the production of its spaces, in its structures and its contributions allows specific transformations of the role of women within societies to be reflected in the established discourses within the cultural, social as well as in the scientific field. This project takes into account the increasingly active participation of women. Porto 2001 brings with it the exceptional and particular circumstances of a European Capital of Culture. This extraordinary opportunity allows FIRST STORY... to create a situation in which a variety of cultural practices and research projects in the field of Cultural and Gender Studies are introduced, which are as well based in Direct Action.

FIRST STORY - WOMEN BUILDING/NEW NARRATIVES FOR THE 21st CENTURY introduces a variety of topics within the following categories. They can be seen in terms of specific parameters which shape the project's character:

- WOMEN IN EDUCATION
analyzing tasks, access and perspectives for women in the educational field.

- WOMEN AT WORK
reflecting on the situation of women at work at a local as well as on an international level in order to develop new possibilities of production, networking and exchange.

- WOMEN IN HISTORY
re-viewing history through the perspective of women narratives.

- WOMEN IN SOCIETY
focusing on the role of women in society and (everyday) culture, introducing a variety of women initiatives and organizations.

- WOMEN IN CULTURE
linking international and local perspectives from different cultural and artistic disciplines such as Architecture, Fine Arts, Media/Film, Cultural and Gender Studies with social and political initiatives as well as with individuals engaged within the issues raised.

FIRST STORY in American is the name for ground floor. WOMEN BUILDING starts with its FIRST STORY as the foundation on which other levels can be build on in the future.

WOMEN BUILDING
makes visible the active role of women constructing their own space and time.

NARRATIVES FOR THE 21st CENTURY
dedicates the first position to women to inscribe their historiography within this new century and into the new millennium. In Portugal more than 27 years since the Revolution and since women obtained the right to vote, the question is still, which narratives will be imagined and produced by women themselves. This project initiates a space in which to

- research
- archive
- inform
- perform
- communicate
- circulate
- exchange women's issues.

FIRST STORY - WOMEN BUILDING/NEW NARRATIVES FOR THE 21st CENTURY has a multiple foundation

- as an exhibition and architectural space, located within the center of Porto, initiating a local structure, motivating and strengthening the situation of women in Porto, and introducing a physical meeting point during Porto 2001 as the European Capital of Culture.
- as a working space to communicate and to develop strategies, and as a space for events and performative action.
- as an insert on seven double pages to introduce various narratives outlined by FIRST STORY... in the supplement MIL FOLHAS of the Portuguese daily newspaper Público.
- as printed matter to inform and to circulate the introduced topics. The short guide and the periodical case will be released in Portuguese and English.
- as virtual structure and web architecture, located in the WWW, creating access, networking internationally and facilitating connections between women situated in different fields and different parts of the world. www.firststory.net will be continued after the exhibition closes.

Image: View of the exhibition hall before opening, front: Harappa designed by Itsuko Hasegawa,2001 Imamura.

Galeria do Palácio, Jardins do Palácio de Cristal, Rua D. Manuel II, Porto

OPENING HOURS
daily 10:00 am to 6:00 pm except Monday

Projectoffice First Story c/o Künstlerhaus Stuttgart Reuchlinstr. 4b D - 70178 Stuttgart Phone: 0049 711 620 600 7

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