The Stripping scholar

I am looking at my body outside the patriarchal gaze. Of course, that is not possible. But who is interested in the possible?

- Kathy Acker re-imagined.

Who is viewing the viewer?
Who’s gaze holds the power?
How should the body be looked at?
What happens when the body is self-objectified?

A place of sexual expression, tension, potential energy where a woman has uncoupled from the role given to her by society, by history, by the dogma handed down to her gender. She takes back the power of her own sexuality. The viewer, held in their own curiosity, desire, in their discomfort at knowing they are being looked at. The dancer plays, strips, stands near naked holding a moment in time, the viewer becomes the viewed. 

Who holds the power?

During the past two years, Felicia has delved into, and explored, “the sexual woman on stage” within her own practice of burlesque and through academia.

When / where

In this exhibition at contemporary art space and dance studio ccap Körsbärsvägen 9, Felicia will show works (some in process) and welcomes dialogue and conversation around the topics.

Exhibition is open Saturday April 29 and Sunday April 30 between 12.00 and 17.00.
Vernissage, panel and live happenings during Saturday 15.00-17.00.
Free of charge. Open for all. No pre-booking needed.

Welcome!

Works on display

• In View of the Viewer - video installation
• The Stripping Scholar - audio work in form of a podcast
• Felicia & Frauke – short film

Vernissage schedule Saturday April 29 (ca times)

• 15.00 Welcome speech and talk about the works on display
• 15.20 Panel discussion (ca 40 minutes) with invited guests
• 16.10 In View of the Viewer *live*
• Q&A

Invited guests for the panel, together with Felicia, are Salli-Sofia Ritola PhD, Jonas Eklund PhD. Moderator TBA

Collaborator: John-Paul Bichard

"Felicia & Frauke": documentary by Greta Fazzi, Mila Van Gelder, Yassmin Abdelfattah, Lucía Diaz Losantos

Special Thanks to Martin Harvgreaves, Chrysa Parkinson, Tove Salmgren, NPP 23 class, Aurora Brännström, Jonas Eklund, Marnie Scarlet, Fifi von Tassel, Chris Harder, Ester Marin Bergsmark, Mary Ann Andersen, Linn-Hilda Lamberg, Sigrid Sjöholm, Salli-Sofia Ritola and everyone participating in In View of the Viewer

Bio

Felicia Bichard, more known by her alias Fräulein Frauke, is a multi-disciplinary artist, performer and creator based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Her work is mainly focusing on the artform burlesque but is located in between and among styles as cabaret, variety, theater/acting, drag, (art) performance, storytelling, singing and spectacle.

Felicia Bichard can also be a costume creator, a stage art producer and an independent film director.

She can be a theatrical performance maker and a fantasist: dealing with eskapism, normbreaking and exhibitsionism vs voyarism. She identifies as a fetishist.