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Cream Athens presents I AM A VULVA – a project by Effie Emmanouilidi

I AM A VULVA_ Photographer_Mariza Kapsabeli

I AM A VULVA

04 – 07.05.2023

“I AM SOFT, I AM STRONG. WHAT AM I?”

Cream Athens presents I AM A VULVA, a project by Effie Emmanouilidi in collaboration with her art collective Planet Sisterhood, which takes place at TAF, The Art Foundation, in Monastiraki from Thursday 4 May 2023 to Sunday 7 May 2023.

The power of the earth meets the power of femininity and gives birth to dozens of colorful, hand-made ceramic vulvas, which will fill the TAF space and be surrounded by projections and installations with protagonists to be femininities of contemporary Greece. The exhibition is surrounded by a multitude of activities such as open discussions with the psychologist and sex therapist Sexethos and the feminist influencer and columnist The Abstract Girl, a DJ set by Myrto Antoniadis and a sound bath session by Vefi Valsami.

In a society that often suppresses diversity and insists on downplaying the power of femininity, the project of EffieEmmanouilidi, mapping the new social reality, aims to reconstruct the stereotypes concerning gender, and to highlight the value of our nature.

With a pop aesthetic, I AM A VULVA invites us to constantly question what we are. Are we what society and its standards dictate and command us to be? Do we finally recognize how often the femininity we all hide within us gets underestimated and considered a weakness, regardless of gender, height and size?

I AM A VULVA will help us discover the multifaceted power of femininity, which makes us unique, beautiful, and always enough.

About the artist

Effie Emmanouilidi is a visual artist and Art Director who lives and works in Athens, born in 1992. Femininity, ecofeminism and gender are dominant themes in her visual practice. Her work mainly focuses on the expression and manifestation of femininity. She uses media such as sculpture, video, analogue photography and text. She holds a Master’s Degree in Visual Communication from the University of Derby / Vakalo Art & Design College (2018) and was recently awarded at the Young Lions Competition Greece.

About Planet Sisterhood

Planet Sisterhood is an art collective founded by Effie Emmanouilidi, Ismini Inglesi, Mariza Kapsabeli and Christina Dimitra in 2022 and is open to all femininities involved in the arts, with the aim of supporting freedom of expression through creativity.

 

Curation Nia Hefe Filiogianni

 

Exhibition program

Opening Reception
Thursday 4 May 2023 | 7-10 pm

Duration
Thursday 4 May – Sunday 7 May 2023 | 12 – 8 pm

Parallel events
Marina Arvanitaki (Sexethos) – Open Talk
Eva Kotta (The Abstract Girl) – Open Talk
Myrto Antoniadi – Dj Set
Vefi Valsami – Sound Bath Session

 

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Address
TAF | The Art Foundation
Normanou 5, Monastiraki

I AM A VULVA poster

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