To Become Two: Propositions for Feminist Collective Practice

Berlin-based artist Alex Martinis Roe (b. 1982) researched the genealogy of political practice among different feminist movements from the 1970s to the present in Europe and Australia to create To Become Two, a multi-faceted history project that includes both a six-element film installation and this accompanying exhibition catalog/reader. Using participant observation, oral history interviewing and archival research, Martinis Roe aims to engender new and contemporary ways to practice feminist politics and theory. Twenty women artists, writers, curators, and feminist activists also collaborated with Martinis Roe to produce the research creating this project. Drawing from their practices and experiences, Martinis Roe’s research forms a proposal for a transgenerational approach to feminist politics. To Become Two is a practical handbook of twenty new propositions for feminist collective practices. Contributors include Alejandra Avilés, Cécile Bally, Vasso Belia, Elena Betros, Federica