Artist Kirsha Kaechele arrived at the Tasmania courtroom alongside 25 women dressed in navy business attire, all of whom made a show of reading feminist texts in the courtroom.

Not sure if this was already posted.

The article describes the referenced court case, and the artist’s views and intentions.

Personally, I both loved and hated the idea at first. The more I think about it, the more I find it valuable in some way.

  • solo@kbin.earth
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    4 months ago

    Personally, I both loved and hated the idea at first. The more I think about it, the more I find it valuable in some way.

    Thanks you for saying so and spending time thinking about this. The way I see things, the to point here is to take a glance at systemic racism through an art exhibit. That is, if you dare.

    Other examples that would illustrate what I mean in relation to systemic racism, would be:

    • It is not sexism if a dude is not allowed in a lesbian bar, they just want to do their thing.
    • It is sexism went a woman is refused to participate in a grandmaster chess tournament because of tradition/culture/etc.
    • RedFox@infosec.pubOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      When I first read it, the thought that came to mind was how stupid it is in this age to do anything that is restricted by gender when the rest of the world is trying to eliminate that.

      Once I read the part about the feelings, emotion, and experience the restriction brought was the actual art and not just the paintings, that’s when I thought it was clever. The definition of art seems to be ambiguous now, but I understand what she’s trying to to do and it’s still a clever in that it illicits an effect whether you wanted to visit the museum or not.

      I think people say they understand or empathize, but don’t really know what it means in a specific context until they experience it IMO.