VALIE EXPORT is one of the most radical audiovisual artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, whose work spans 16mm film, video, expanded cinema performances and digital art. Since 1965, she has created a complex artistic oeuvre that is boundary-defying and fundamentally uncomfortable. EXPORT’s work is as much about physical self-determination as it is about appropriation; about questions of identity and difference, communication and the refusal to communicate; about the positioning of women and gender non-conforming people; about war, division, fragmentation, objectification, non-belonging.
On the occasion of the launch of How to Do Things with VALIE EXPORT, a new book on her filmic work published by the Austrian Film Museum (Vienna) and Spector Books (Leipzig), we present a selection of canonical and lesser-known films by VALIE EXPORT, followed by a conversation about the artist’s work.
Screening at ICA
Book Tickets
Self-Portrait with Head (Selbstporträt mit Kopf)
VALIE EXPORT |1966-67 | Austria | 4’ | DCP | Silent
Adjunct Dislocations (Adjungierte Dislokationen)
VALIE EXPORT | 1973/2023 | Austria | 10’ | DCP | Silent
Generali Foundation Collection – Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg. © Generali Foundation / VALIE EXPORT
Syntagma
VALIE EXPORT | 1984 | Austria | 20’ | 16mm | Sound
Remote…Remote…
VALIE EXPORT | 1973 | Austria | 10’ | 16mm | Sound
i turn over the pictures of my voice in my head
VALIE EXPORT | 2009 | Austria | 12’ | DCP | German spoken, English subtitles
Lust (Das perfekte Paar oder die Unzucht wechselt ihre Haut)
VALIE EXPORT | 1986 | Austria | 12’ | DCP | German spoken, English subtitles
With an introduction by Michael Loebenstein. Followed by a conversation between Erika Balsom, Elena Gorfinkel and Michael Loebenstein.
In collaboration with the Austrian Film Museum.
The new publication on VALIE EXPORT was produced in collaboration with Phileas – The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art.
Phileas – The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art supports artists, curators, galleries, and institutions in Austria and works to strengthen their presence on the international landscape of contemporary art. Through long-term partnerships with museums, biennials, and art institutions around the world, we enable the production and exhibition of new artworks and their donation to public collections. The activities of Phileas – The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art are made possible through the generous contributions of its private members and a partnership with the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport. For more information, please see www.phileas.art.
