Two Cities. An Aesthetic Approach to Ethical Responsibility

Monika Leisch-Kiesl, Two Cities. An Aesthetic Approach to Ethical Responsibility. A comparative study of selected works by Irena Lagator Pejović and Christine de Pizan, Wien 2024

At the heart of this text-picture volume are two outstanding artistic works, Irena Lagator Pejović’s Knowledge of the Limited Responsibility Society (2009–) and Christine de Pizan’s Livre de la cité des dames / The Book of the City of Ladies (ca. 1405), both focusing on female city-building.

In her approach, Monika Leisch-Kiesl compares the relationship of ethics and aesthetics in the artistic and scientific practices of Renaissance writer Christine de Pizan and contemporary visual artist Irena Lagator Pejović.

An introduction by Miško Šuvaković undertakes a journey into an exciting rebus of books and cities spanning two different historical epochs and ecopolitical constellations; an afterword by Elke Krasny provides a feminist reflection on the ethics of urban responsibility under the conditions of capital.

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Book talk / Book launch

  • 27. November 2024, 19 Uhr
    TALK AND BOOK PRESENTATION
    with: Elke Krasny, Monika Leisch-Kiesl, and Irena Lagator Pejović
    Moderation: Julia Allerstorfer-Hertel
    DEPOT Wien
    Breite Gasse 3
    1070 Wien
  • 29. November 2024, 17 Uhr
    DAS ERZÄHLEN/SCHREIBEN VON KUNST-GESCHICHTE/N
    EIN GESPRÄCH MIT MONIKA LEISCH-KIESL UND PRÄSENTATION IHRES JÜNGST ERSCHIENENEN BUCHES
    Galerie DUMAS
    Gerstnerstraße 13/2
    4040 Linz

See also
Monika Leisch-Kiesl, Die Dame Vernunft und das Schreiben von Geschichte. Christine de Pizans "Livre de la Cité des dames" / Lady Reason and the Writing of History. Christine de Pizan’s "Livre de la Cité des dames" (Literatur - Wissen - Poetik 9), zweisprachig Dt. / Engl., Hildesheim 2021

Exhibition Im Vorbeigehen II/17: Irena Lagator Pejović. For the Common Good, KU Linz, Winter term 2019/20

 

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