We invite you to join the third lunch lecture of our lunch lecture series to learn more about Cold War art through a feminist lens.
In this lunch lecture, historian of modern and contemporary art Dr. Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou will discuss radiotoxic approaches to art by female artists during times of severe nuclear threat (see the full title and abstract below).
The lecture takes place on Thursday the 10th of April from 12:00 until 13:00 in the Library Lounge, which is located in the VU main building at the far-end of the library space on the first floor.
To make sure there is enough lunch, please sign up here.
Crafting with Radiotoxicity: Feminist Approaches to Nuclear Materials in Art during the Cold War
Radioactive ink, toxic soil, kerosene, even flour as a surrogate for nuclear fallout—these are some of the components that certain women artists, since the onset of the Cold War, have leveraged to reference the toxic materiality of the nuclear complex. Before embedding these ingredients in their works, they sourced them from the scientific-industrial labs where they were created and studied all the way to the sites where their toxicity was unleashed and wreaked havoc. By knitting together radiotoxic matter and meaning, they captured the material ubiquity of radiotoxicity in a world that was otherwise perceived as on the verge of, but not quite affected by, nuclear war.
N.B. This lecture will take place in person in Amsterdam and will not be streamed or recorded.
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