In conjunction with the performance/installation Disentanglement/Re-embodiment, ARCANE Space hosted a series of conversations on Disentangling Patriarchy with Jill Goldman.
Tanya Selvaratnam
Jill Goldman in conversation with Tanya Selvaratnam. Tanya is an activist, producer, and writer of the best-selling book Assume Nothing, which bravely recounts the intimate abuse she suffered while in a relationship with former NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. In her reporting, she integrates personal experience with broader social analysis to carefully examine the domestic violence crisis.
Ruchira Gupta
Jill Goldman in conversation with Ruchira Gupta. Ruchira is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, activist, and founder of Apne Aap, an organization that works for women’s rights and the eradication of sex trafficking. She is the winner of the Clinton Global Citizen Award.
Nina Menkes
Jill Goldman in conversation with Nina Menkes. Nina is considered a cinematic feminist pioneer and one of America’s foremost independent filmmakers. Her newest documentary Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power investigates how sexist shot design contributes to a pervasive environment of sexual harassment and assault, as well as employment discrimination against women. Menkes has shown widely in major international film festivals including multiple premieres at Sundance, the Berlinale, Cannes, La Cinematheque Francaise, Whitney Museum of American Art, MOMA, and LACMA. She has won a Guggenheim Fellowship and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Amy Ziering
Jill Goldman in conversation with Amy Ziering. Amy is a two-time Emmy Award–winning and Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker best known for The Hunting Ground, Invisible War, and Allen v Farrow. Her work shines a spotlight on the institutional injustices that women and girls face as well as the challenges ingrained in our culture. She harnesses the power of media to advance gender equality.
Yasmeen Hassan
Jill Goldman in conversation with Yasmeen Hassan. Yasmeen is a Pakistani attorney and international women’s rights activist. She was the Global Executive Director of Equality Now from 2011 – 2022. Previously, she was with the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women where she worked on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Secretary-General’s study on violence against women. She has served on the Council on Foreign Relations’ Advisory Board on Child Marriage, and provided expert guidance to the U.N. Trust to End Violence Against Women.
Letecia Layson
Jill Goldman in conversation with Letecia Layson. Letecia is a Filipina, Feminist, Futurist and Priestess. Letecia is one of the founding Mothers of the Center for Babaylan Studies, and a member of International Feminists for Gift Economy and the Modern Matriarchal Studies Network. Letecia’s maternal Ancestors are Wary from Tacloban, Leyte and her paternal Ancestors are Ilongo from Iloilo, Panay.