Gina Pane. Actions Through Time

Gina Pane: actions through time: a book launch and presentation by Sophie Delpeux and Alice Maude-Roxby. The event is co-organised by Stefanie Seibold, who is a key contributor within the book. The gallery´s founding director Ursula Krinzinger played a pivotal role in the career of Gina Pane through presenting her actions and works in Austria since the 1970s.

During the 1970s Gina Pane (1939-1990, Italy/France) was well known for a series of live actions that took place in domestic spaces and galleries in Europe. Pane’s actions were meticulously orchestrated to communicate viscerally and visually, often putting her body at risk and marking an indelible exchange between herself and the viewer.

Our anthology is the result of three years of close collaboration- our aim being both to show evolution in the perception of Gina Pane’s actions over the fifty years since the live performances took place, and the extreme diversity within that perception. Alongside writings and interviews by Gina Pane, the anthology includes multiple perspectives from writers, to historians, from curators and exhibition producers to artists who witnessed the actions in the 1970s, to those re-encountering the works through re-enactments in the present. Many of the documents in the book are translated and published in English for the first time thus making Gina Pane’s work accessible to a wider audience worldwide. Our ambition with this Routledge publication is to make it clear that Gina Pane’s actions were addressed to the collective and that a collective is necessary to take them on.

The event includes a slide presentation with time for q&a, followed by a drinks reception.