REFUSALS AND PRACTICES OF FREEDOM
A feminist research residency and summer school
May 14 to 16, 2026
Studio Claire Fontaine, Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 41/Interno 11, 90133 Palermo PA, Italy
Across three days, this self-directed research and study program in Palermo investigates past acts of exiting, refusal, withdrawal, and other practices of freedom by feminist artists as blueprints for addressing current social, cultural and political emergencies.
Reading groups, public lectures, and screenings will explore and activate the “undetonated potential” (Freeman 2011) of earlier feminist practices in the present by examining writings, performances, films and conceptual artworks from the early 1970s through to today.
Reading groups, public lectures, and screenings will explore and activate the “undetonated potential” (Freeman 2011) of earlier feminist practices in the present by examining writings, performances, films and conceptual artworks from the early 1970s through to today.