Feminist Voices

The symposium FEMINIST VOICES aims to foster networking among women artists, cultural practitioners, and Wikipedians in the D-A-CH region. With a focus on art and culture, and considering the underrepresentation of women in society, media, and culture, the symposium seeks to further explore the topic of gender equality.

The exhibition OUR VOICES at the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen am Rhein traces women artists who were part of the German Artists’ Association. In this context, experts connect on the visibility of women and their achievements, contributing to the establishment of the edit-a-thon as a transdisciplinary and intersectional tool.

Curator Dr. Almut Hüfler will lead a conversation with two exhibiting artists on the theme of the voice. Featured are FATart Fair, the first Swiss art fair for women | FLINTA*, as well as Galerie Glaab, a Swiss gallery exclusively dealing in art by women. The program is complemented by insights into media research from the EqualVoice initiative, as well as the FEMNETZ network, an edit-a-thon movement promoting equality in art, culture, and public life through collaborative knowledge transfer.

The symposium takes place as a follow-up to the event FEMINISTISCHE PLAKATE in Bern, which, on the occasion of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025, addressed and analyzed the representation of women in society, media, and culture through transdisciplinary exchange.

OUR VOICES features works by: Mary Bauermeister, Daniela Comani, CRIPTO SIRENAS, Madeleine Dietz, Tatjana Doll, Margret Eicher, Eva & Adele, Hannah Höch, Annot Jacobi, Magdalena Kallenberger, Alicja Kwade, Almut Linde, Christiane Löhr, Jule Tabea Martin, MATERNAL FANTASIES, Maina-Miriam Munsky, Emy Roeder, Anike Joyce Sadiq, Niki de Saint Phalle, Karin Sander, Aen Sauerborn, Bettina Semmer, Zuzanna Skiba, and Annegret Soltau.

Program

10:00 Opening of the museum
11:00 Start of the event, setup of laptops brought for the editathon
11:15 Welcome by Sandra Becker (Master’s in Design, member of the German Artists’ Association) and introduction to the (political) history of the exhibition
11:30 Dr. Almut Hüfler (curator of the exhibition Our Voices): What means "Feminist Voice" in the arts? A conversation with artists Christiane Löhr and Jule Tabea Martin (board member of the German Artists’ Association)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 Talk by Ursina Gabriela Roesch (urgart): Presentation of the FATart Fair art fair and the FAT Femme Artist Table association – the fair as an expanded concept
14:30 Talk by M.A. Jasmin Glaab: The relationship between artist and gallerist as a business relationship, as well as collaboration with GLAM institutions
15:00 Book presentation by Lea Eberle of the publication EqualVoice
15:30 Hackathon at the Hack Museum: Talk by Sandra Becker and Kaethe17 on GLAM Hacks, Wikidata, Commons and the FemNetz, the open network for feminist issues. Afterwards, participants edit on Wikipedia and enhance the visibility of women artists.
16:00 Short Online Meeting for Editing
17:00 End of the event, Get together with some wine and champaign by the Museum
18:00 Closing of the museum
18:00 – 20:00 Guided tour: Ludwigshafen and the Hemshof, living place of Julia Neigel and Hemshof-Friedel, filming location of Tatort and Bull Arizona with the “Hemshof cowboys”.

Date and Venue

13 September 2025 11:00 – 17:00, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Berliner Straße 23.

The museum is open from 10:00 – 18:00. Admission is free, the museum shop closes at 17:00. The symposium FEMINIST VOICES and the exhibition OUR VOICES take place on the lower level of the museum.

Tram line 10 serves the stop Pfalzbau/Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, from Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte station/Berliner Platz in the direction of Friesenheim, as well as from Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf in the direction of Luitpoldhafen.

Hackathon at the Hack Museum

Participating Wikipedians, please sign up here:

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Topics are prepared. Reference is made to the Five pillars - basic principles of Wikipedia and the Wikipedia Manual of Style/Visual arts.

External links

Wilhelm-Hack-Museum: German / English