THURS 30 NOV 7-8.30PM
ONLINE
INITIATED BY TAEY IOHE
The Feminist Duration Reading Group (FDRG) focuses on under-represented feminist texts, movements and struggles from outside the Anglo-American canon. The group has developed a practice of reading out loud, together, one paragraph at a time, with the aim of creating a sense of connection and intimacy during meetings.
The group was established in March 2015 by Helena Reckitt, at Goldsmiths, University of London, to explore texts from the Italian feminist movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Later in 2015 it relocated to SPACE in Hackney, East London where it was hosted by Persilia Caton until April 2019. From June 2019 to February 2020 the group was in residence at the South London Gallery, where it focused on intersectional feminisms in the UK context (a planned year-long programme that was moved online due to COVID-19).
In 2023 we were one of several groups selected for the eighteen month Residents programme at Goldsmiths CCA, London.
From 2023-2024 FDRG partnered with Cell Project Space developing CEED (Central East European and Diaspora) Feminisms, funded by the British Art Network, with Cell Project Space.
FDRG sessions have been organised with Emilia-Amalia at Art Metropole in Toronto; Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof and HFBK Hamburg, Germany; in London with the Advocacy Academy, Artangel, Barbican Art Gallery, Cell Project Space, Chelsea Space, Chisenhale Gallery, the Drawing Room, Flat Time House, Goldsmiths CCA, Mimosa House, Mosaic Rooms, The Showroom, South Kiosk, Studio Voltaire, Tate Modern, in collaboration with AntiUniversity and the Department of Feminist Conversations, and as part of The Table at the Swiss Church. Elsewhere in the UK we have been hosted by Grand Union and Eastside Projects, Birmingham, esea, Manchester, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, and Hypatia Trust, Penzance. A sister group, NW FDRG, was set up in Liverpool by Kezia Davies in 2019.
Six members of the FDRG - Giulia Casalini, Diana Georgiou, Laura Guy, Helena Reckitt, Irene Revell, and Amy Tobin - organised the two-week long events programme, ‘Now Can Go,’ focused on legacies of Italian feminism, across the ICA, The Showroom, SPACE, and Raven Row, in December 2015.
The group usually meets once a month, in art spaces and community venues as well as non-institutional venues such as private homes or gardens.
The FDRG aims to create an inclusive trans-positive space. We welcome feminists of all genders and generations to explore the legacy and resonance of art, thinking and collective practice from earlier periods of feminism, in dialogue with contemporary practices and movements.
Working Group
FDRG sessions are initiated by a Working Group. Current members are Beth Bramich, Sabrina Fuller, Taey Iohe, Helena Reckitt, and Dot Zhihan.
Support Group
FDRG activities are supported by a Support Group comprising former Working Group members Lina Džuverović, Mariana Lemos, Katrin Lock, and Ehryn Torrell.
Other former Working Group members are Giulia Antonioli, Angelica Bollettinari, Lily Evans-Hill, Félicie Kertudo, Ceren Özpinar, Sara Paiola, Justin Seng, and Fiona Townend.
Working with the FDRG: A Note for Institutions
The FDRG is run by members of the voluntary Working and Support Groups. We regularly partner with community and arts organizations to offer free events to the public.
The reading group is our collective practice that we enjoy and like sharing with others. Facilitating sessions does of course involve considerable time and effort. We also have running costs for web hosting and communication, invited speaker fees etc.
We understand financial constraints within the cultural sector, but appreciate any contributions that support our efforts.
The FDRG operates an ‘Honesty Box,’ and asks funded organisations to pay what they can.
For organisations who can access funding, we suggest a fee of £300 - £600 per session, depending on the scope of work entailed. This roughly follows the a-n artist payment guidelines for 1-1.5 days for an artist with seven years professional experience (the FDRG was set up in 2015).
Collaborators and Partners
FDRG sessions have been led by Adomas Narkevicius, Ximena Alarcón-Díaz, Giulia Antonioli, Diana Baker Smith, Fari Bradley, Beth Bramich, Giulia Casalini, Laura Castagnini, Catherine Cho, Leah Clements, Morgane Conti, Lauren Craig, Cinzia Cremona, Galit Criden, Giulia Damiani, Oana Damir, Kezia Davies, Department of Feminist Conversations, Flora Dunster, Lina Džuverović, Lily Evans-Hall, Lucia Farinati, Lynne Friedli, Sabrina Fuller, Diana Georgiou, Rose Gibbs, Valeria Graziano, Laura Guy, Haley Ha, Nora Heidorn, Minna Henriksson, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, Yurika Imaseki, Taey Iohe, Félicie Kertudo, Alexandra Kokoli, Jessie Krish, Mariana Lemos, Mai Ling, Jet Moon, Gabby Moser, Roisin O’Sullivan, Ceren Özpinar, Frances Painter Fleming, Grace Eunhye Park, Sara Paiola, Raju Rage, Helena Reckitt, Irene Revell, Lidia Salvatori, Elif Sarican, Justin Seng, Something Other, Cecilia Sosa, Amy Tobin, Ehryn Torrell, and Dot Zhihan.
Artists, Writers & Collectives
Sessions have been dedicated to texts and artworks including those by Naadje Al-Aali, Joan Anim-Addo, Floya Anthias and Nira Yuval-Davis, Gloria Anzaldua, Jenn Ashworth, Margot Badran, Khairani Barokka, Chiai Bonfiglioli, Anne Boyer, Brixton Black Women’s Group, adrienne maree brown, Wilmette Brown, Octavia Butler, Sakine Cansiz, Hazel V Carby, Adriana Cavarero, Teresa Hak Kyung Cha, Anne Anlin Cheng, Catherine Cho, Barbara Christian, Lia Cigarini, Eli Clare, Leah Clements, Lauren Craig, Galit Criden, Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Selma James, Maria Puig De La Bellacasa, Leah Clements, Silvia Federici, Leta Hong Fincher, Shulamith Firestone, Lauren Fournier, Ruth Frankenberg, Olivia Guaraldo, Johanna Hedva, bell hooks, Sanja Iveković, Juliet Jacques, Marie Elizabeth Johnson, Jane Jin Kaisen, Jasleen Kaur, AE Kings, Larissa Lai, Teresa de Lauretis, Clarice Lispector, Carla Lonzi, Fereil Ben Mahoud, Alex Martinis Roe, Lea Melandri, Fatema Mernissi, Milan Women’s Bookshop Collective, Trinh T Minh-ha, Adriana Monti, Jet Moon, Antonella Nappi, Astrida Neimanis, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyen, Abdullah Ocalan, Lola Olufemi, Sue O’Sullivan, Tanja Ostojić, Cecilia Palmeiro, Queer Beograd, Darija Radaković, Raju Rage, Claudia Rankine, Tabita Rezaire, Rivolta Femminile, Lucia Egana Rojas, Sasha Roseneil, Gail Rubin, Suzanne Santoro, Selma Selman, Christina Sharpe, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Rhea Storr, Latif Tas, Miriam Ticktin, Tiqqun, Iris Uurto, Nafu Wang, Kyla Wazana Tompkins, Katri Vala, Vron Ware, Wages Due Lesbians, Wages for Housework, Linda Zerilli.
Contact us
If you would like to join the reading group mailing list or propose a focus for a session, or invite us to lead a meeting, please contact: feministduration@gmail.com
Website Design by Angelica Bollettinari
29 NOV
ARTREVIEW
COAUTHORED BY BETH BRAMICH, LINA DZUVEROVIC, SABRINA FULLER, TAEY IOHE, MARIANA LEMOS, KATRIN LOCKE, & HELENA RECKITT
TUES 28 OCT, 6.30 - 8.30PM
ORGANISED BY SOMETHING OTHER: MADDY COSTA, DIANA DAMIAN MARTIN, & MARY PATERSON
GOLDSMITHS CCA, LONDON SE14
FDRG calls for an immediate unconditional ceasefire by all parties in Israel and Gaza.
SAT 11 NOV, 3-6PM
CELL PROJECT SPACE, LONDON E2
LED BY JESSIE KRISH, MODERATED BY LINA DZUVEROVIC, WITH THE SUPPORT OF ADOMAS NARKEVICIUS & HELENA RECKITT
FRI 10 NOV 7-8.30PM
ONLINE
INITIATED BY TAEY IOHE
WED 25 OCT 11AM - 2.30PM
FLAT TIME HOUSE, LONDON SE15
LED BY RASHEEQA AHMAD, TAEY IOHE & RACHEL PIMM
SUN 22 OCTOBER 2-5.30PM
GOLDSMITHS CCA, NEW CROSS, LONDON SE14
IN PERSON
LED BY XIMENA ALARCON-DIAZAS & IRENE REVELL
ORGANISED BY SABRINA FULLER & HELENA RECKITT
WED 4 OCT, 6-8PM
ONLINE
LED BY VICTORIA LARCHENKO, IRINA ZHEREBKINA,& SERGEY ZHEREBKIN
FACILITATED BY JESSIE KRISH & ADOMAS NARKEVICIUS
Thurs 21 SEPT, 6.30-8.30PM
CELL PROJECT SPACE, E2
LED BY JESSIE KRISH & ADOMAS NARKEVICIUS
SUN 2 JULY, 2-5PM
IN PERSON
GOLDSMITHS CCA & GOLDSMITHS ALLOTMENT, NEW CROSS, LONDON SE14
SAT 17 JUNE 3-5PM
STUDIO VOLTAIRE, LONDON SW4
IN PERSON
ORGANISED BY HELENA RECKITT WITH THE SUPPORT OF MAGGIE MATIC
SAT 27 MAY 4.30 - 6.30PM
TATE MODERN, LONDON SE1
IN PERSON
ORGANISED BY BETH BRAMICH, SABRINA FULLER, TAEY IOHE, GRACE EUNHYE PARK, & HELENA RECKITT
WED 10 MAY, 7-9PM GMT
ONLINE
HOSTED BY EASTSIDE PROJECTS, BIRMINGHAM
LED BY SABRINA FULLER, TAEY IOHE, HELENA RECKITT, & DOT ZHIHAN
THURS 4 MAY, 6.30pm-8PM
CELL PROJECT SPACE, LONDON E2
IN PERSON
LED BY JESSIE KRISH WITH SABRINA FULLER, ADOMAS NARKEVICIUS & HELENA RECKITT
SAT 18 MARCH 2-4PM
THE SHOWROOM, LONDON NW8
IN PERSON
LED BY OANA DAMIR, SABRINA FULLER, & MINNA HENRIKSSON
SAT 28 JANUARY, 2-5PM
ADVOCACY ACADEMY, BRIXTON, LONDON SW9
IN PERSON
A COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FEMINIST CONVERSATIONS
ORGANISED BY MADDY COSTA, DIANA DAMIAN, SABRINA FULLER, MARY PATERSON, & HELENA RECKITT
WED 14 DECEMBER 7PM
SOUTH KIOSK, LONDON, SE15
IN PERSON
LED BY LEAH CLEMENTS & MARIANA LEMOS
WED 7 DECEMBER 7-9PM
GOLDSMITHS CCA, LONDON SE14
IN PERSON
LED BY FARI BRADLEY WITH THE SUPPORT OF KATRIN LOCKE & HELENA RECKITT