The Room: Art Talk & Discussion – Deconstructing Girls*

Accompanied by Luce deLire, Petz Haselmayer, and Isa Schieche, we take a closer look at the current exhibition. How is girlhood visually and linguistically constructed? What do trans* and cis gender identities, race, and colonialism have to do with it? We relate these questions to artistic, aesthetic, and writing practices. Together, we will also offer thought-provoking impulses through short scenic text passages. A discussion will follow.

#transperspective #(trans)misogyny #(trans)sexism #genderbasedviolence #transphobia #selfdefense #empowerment #artsofsurvival #transitionforeverybody #dirtycare

Note: The event ​“Art Talk & Discussion: Deconstructing Girls*” will take place on March 19, while the event ​“Being a Girl* — What Can It Mean? A Shared Thinking Workshop” will take place on January 29.

Luce DeLire

Luce deLire is a ship with eight sails, anchored down at the quay. Alongside academic articles on topics ranging from Spinoza’s metaphysics of infinity to postcolonial perspectives on social contracts and antifascism, she has published widely on art and politics. Two books by her are forthcoming: ​“Spinoza on Sex, Gender and Sexuality” und ​“EUPHORIA! A treatise on techno tyrants (notably THE BABY) and hospitable trans feminist futures”. 

More at getaphilosopher​.com and IG: @Luce_deLire

Petz Haselmayer

Petz Haselmayer weaves together artistic, research-based, and educational practices with queer- and transfeminist, post- and decolonial perspectives. They are a university assistant at the University of Art and Design Linz in the Department of Subject Didactics – Mediation – Research.

More at https://​linktr​.ee/​p​e​t​z​h​a​s​e​l​mayer IG: @walterxego

Isa Schieche

Isa Schieche lives and works as a visual artist and filmmaker in Vienna. She was part of the program board of the Festival of Regions – Realistische Träume, which took place in Braunau am Inn in 2025.
 

Recent exhibitions include: Dirty Care at Kunstmuseum Bonn (2024), Die Räuberinnen at Pilot (Vienna 2023) and Gossip as a Lesbian Practice at Fox (Vienna 2025). In 2024, Isa Schieche received the Max Ophüls Prize for Best Short Film for ​“Die Räuberinnen” as well as the Dorothea von Stetten Art Prize.
 

Her films have been shown at numerous festivals, including SXSW (Texas), BFI Flare (London), and Frameline48 (San Francisco).