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feminist visual potencia

An illustration of an eye with the words 'Feminist Visions' arched above and 'Embodied Imaginaries' arched below, forming a curved line across the eye.

Feminist Visions [Embodied Imaginaries] amplifies the work of feminists and feminist movements from across the world, exploring the potencia of feminist visualities and the power of imaginaries to shape new realities.

Our aim is to expand visibility, knowledge and engagement around feminist actions though text, photography, video and other creative offerings.

We believe that together, we can transform our dreams, desires and visions into powerful feminist possibilities.

Group of women participating in the 8M feminist protest in Rio de Janeiro, playing music with wooden sticks, with one woman wearing a green crop top and expressing strong emotion.
Blue metal fence with graffiti and yellow spray-painted Spanish text 'Feminismo para todas'.
Protest march with a large yellow banner displaying a black and white portrait of Marielle Franco and the text 'Justiça por Marielle' amidst a crowd of people in Rio de Janeiro surrounded by trees and tall buildings.
A large crowd of women protesting, holding up signs and banners, with some wearing purple and green bandanas, in an outdoor urban setting during daytime.
Colorful handprints in green, purple, and black on a white surface with scattered markers.
A dancer in earthy clothing performing on a large red woven textile rug in a historical building with archways, while an audience watches from seating arranged around the performance space.

FEMINIST

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POTENCIA

The desire for justice, equity, non-violence.

The capacity to imagine new possibilities.

The expression of courage that enables us to move beyond fear.

The expansion of capabilities through creative and affective actions.

The commitment to care, solidarity and collective actions.

Potencia has a long history in philosophy, often used to describe the power or capacity to act, and to do so in ways that are affective and relational.

POTENCIA

FEMINIST POTENCIA

In recent years, it has taken on fresh life in feminist thought and activism across Latin America, where the idea of feminist potencia has become powerful way to understand the growth of feminisms across region.

Activist and thinker Verónica Gago has been especially influential in shaping this idea. For her, feminist potencia is a desiring capacity and force driving feminist movements to challenge different forms of oppression.

FEMINIST VISUAL POTENCIA

Building on this, the concept of feminist visual potencia emerged through Vikki Marie Page’s doctoral research, which explored how images, aesthetics, and creative practices contribute to expanding and strengthening feminist struggles.

This work is the seed from which Feminist Visions has grown. Through Feminist Visions, feminist visual potencia becomes a lens which unfolds beyond academic spaces, offering a way to engage with creative feminist practices around the world.

approach

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    Collaborative

    We build feminist images, imaginaries and and possibilities through collaborative, participatory and co-creative practices.

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    Intersectional

    We understand inequalities as intersectional. Patriarchy, coloniality, capitalism, ableism and heteronormativity all shape power, privilege and precarity.

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    plural

    We approach feminism from the awareness that there is no singular feminist story or trajectory. There is a plurality of feminisms across the world with their own histories and struggles.

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    Embodied

    We believe the body matters. Our work is rooted in embodied experiences and action. We take a somatic, trauma-informed approach to our work.

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    In movement

    We are in movement, responding to the shifts and challenges facing our shared abilities to create and forward feminist visions. We choose to move in circles, spirals and to dance.

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    Creative

    We are creators who use different expressive practices to imagine and reimagine our worlds as ones based on solidarity, empathy, care and justice.

Photo of Carina Maria wearing a headscarf and glasses sitting against a cushioned chair

Theatrical Experiments: An interview with carina maria from Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST)

An interview with Brazilian theatre professor and activist Carina Maria from MST (the Landless Workers’ Movement) by Eduardo Prado Cardoso.

Eduardo Prado Cardoso

voices and visions

  • Photo of a screen on a laptop showing an overview of a documentary summary

    Complex Visions and Spectacles of Cruelty: HBO DOCUMENTARY ON DEBANHI ESCOBAR & Violence Against Women on Screen

    Vikki Marie Page

    An opinion piece looking at depictions of femicide and violence against women on screen starting with the new HBO documentary on Debanhi Escobar as a point of departure.

    Read article
  • Two women working together, supporting a third woman on a Chinese Pole, reaching up to hold them.

    INTERVIEW - "What if the pope was a lesbian?" Reimagining queer futures with Hannah Bertram and the Bertie Collective

    Hannah Bertram, the Bertie Collective and Vikki Marie Page

    UK based queer movement group, Bertie Collective embark on a speculative fiction journey with Chinese pole and dance to imagine what queer futures could look like.

    Read the interview
  • Black and white photo of a statue of Marielle Franco, holding her right arm up in a fist, outdoors with trees and sky in the background.

    Photo essay - MARIELLE FRANCO and ongoing Struggles for justice in Brazil

    Vikki Marie Page

    A photo essay around the 6th anniversary of the assassination of Marielle Franco, Brazilian feminist and human rights defender. These images depict the ongoing struggles for justice for Marielle and all those Marielle fought for.

    SEE THE PHOTO ESSAY
  • 8 books photographed on a white book shelf

    A Reading List for Feminist Visual Potencia: 10 selected reads to get started

    Vikki Marie Page

    Here are 10 of my favourite readings that have influenced the creation of the concept, Feminist Visual Potencia. These texts listed below help think about how feminist potencia is expanding the force, reach, and imagination of feminisms.

    read more

CONTRIBUTE

and co-create Feminist Visions with us.

From the political, cultural to personal – Feminist Visions is open to contributions on various themes and in differing formats, including but not limited to interviews, thought and opinion pieces, book reviews, artistic contributions such as photo essays, videos and discussions on particular works by feminists, collectives or groups.

Thematic areas include but are not limited to:

  • Disembodying patriarchy

  • Affective visibilities

  • Feminisms in movement

  • Imagining otherwise

  • Radical Hope

  • Courage and constructive creative actions

  • Feminist gestures of Rage

  • Joy as a feminist choice

Whether you are an activist, artist or academic, writer or researcher passionate about feminisms and creating embodied imaginaries, we would love to hear from you.

We accept submissions in English, Portuguese, Spanish or French (for other languages please get in contact first). Accepted works will be published in the language they were originally written in together with an English translation.

Complete the below form to submit your idea or proposal.

We aim to respond within 2 weeks.

Contact

For all enquiries, email: info@feministvisions.com