On Storytelling and intersectional Art Pedagogies.

8th of June 2026, 6pm at HALLE (Kronesgasse 5/1, 8010 Graz)

We are excited to announce the 2nd lecture in this semester’s IZK Lecture Series by Sofia Bempeza!

Prof. Dr. phil. Sofia Bempeza is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, theorist, researcher and a poet (She-Dandy). Her* work is focused on the politics of dissent, queer-feminist art and knowledge practices, storytelling and decolonial educational practices.

Her* theoretical and artistic research concerns the history of art strike(s), polyphonic aesthetics, the cultural strategies of the far right and the anti-gender narratives. She* publishes poetry, theory and critical fabulation in multilingual magazines/editions, and has been working in collaborations within groups and art collectives in Athens, Berlin, Zürich, and Turkiye.

Together with Prof. Dr. Annette Krauss, Sofia Bempeza co-heads the Department Art and Communication Practices at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.