The Womanifesto Way: Sydney Gathers is a hybrid digital and in-person exhibition and publication project exploring the histories and collective ethos of Womanifesto.
Presented in partnership with Power Publications, this project examines this ‘Womanifesto Way’ and its importance for often-overlooked women artists, and follows its lead, putting a multivocal form of art-history making alongside in-person and digital presentations of collaborative art practices.
Womanifesto began in 1995 with the first feminist Southeast Asia-based international biennial, and it has since brought together more than 150 contemporary women artists across 45 countries. A uniquely collective approach facilitated by its three founders, Varsha Nair, Phaptawan Sawwunukudt and Nitaya Tuk, has guided every Womanifesto initiative across three decades and informed its shifts from biennial exhibitions and community-based workshops, through to artist-led publications and online collaborative art projects.
Curators:
Phaptawan Suwannakudt
Dr Yvonne Low
Marni Williams
Con Gerakaris
Artists:
Phaptawan Suwannakudt
Sue Pedley
Kyati Suharto
Charlotte Mungomery
Virginia Hilyard
Shirley Hilyard
Helen Grace
Shuxia Chen
Toby Huynh
Top image: Karla Sachse and Khun Pikul, Womanifesto Workshop, Boon Bandarn Farm, Kantharaluk, Thailand, 2001. Photograph by Varsha Nair; image courtesy of Womanifesto and Asia Art Archive