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VALIE EXPORT (an artistic concept and logo to be written in capital letters only ), Prof. Dr. h.c.media and performance artist, filmmaker
born in Linz, lives and works in Vienna. VALIE EXPORT's artistic work comprises: video environments, digital photography, installation, body performances, feature films, experimental films, documentaries, Expanded Cinema, conceptual photography, body-material interactions, Persona Performances, laser installations, objects, sculptures, texts on...
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VALIE EXPORT (an artistic concept and logo to be written in capital letters only ), Prof. Dr. h.c.media and performance artist, filmmaker
born in Linz, lives and works in Vienna. VALIE EXPORT's artistic work comprises: video environments, digital photography, installation, body performances, feature films, experimental films, documentaries, Expanded Cinema, conceptual photography, body-material interactions, Persona Performances, laser installations, objects, sculptures, texts on contemporary art history and feminism. VALIE EXPORT is one of the most important pioneers on conceptual media art, performance and film. Like her male contemporaries, she subjected her body to pain and danger in actions designed to confront the growing complacency and conformism of postwar Austrian culture. But her examination of the ways in which the power relations inherent in media representations inscribe women's bodies and consciousness distinguishes Valie Export's project as unequivocally feminist.Valie Export's early guerilla performances have attained an iconic status in feminist art history.
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