DIRTY PINK WATERS OF COLLECTIVITY: Poetically Messy – Storytelling and Mistranslations

Anna T.  and Sofia Bempeza (she-dandy)

An evening of readings and mistranslations, conjuring empowering pasts and imagining abolitionist futures.

We discussed feminist storytelling, migration, silenced women (σιωπηλοποιημένες γυναίκες), queerness, Mediterranean futurism, τις ξεβγαλμένες, class, care, and sexuality.  Sofia Bempeza aka She Dandy shared poems from her book “ 93 (παρα)οικειακές ιστορίες για την Ελένη” / 93 (para)domestic stories for Helen, a collection of poems and prosa (A Glimpse of, 2023), and Anna T. shared excerpts from her book “Δiotima; or, Δeir*land: A fragmented stori of arkivs, kolektivism, imaginaʃon, & multituds” (FAC, 2025).

THU, May 15th, 6 pm
Universität für angewandte Kunst
Vordere Zollamtstraße 7, 1030 Wien
FLUX 2, 2nd floor

Anna T. is an islander living in Vienna. Her artistic practice revolves around writing and themes of queerness and migration.
Sofia Bempeza (she-dandy) is working with poetry, performance and theory as part of her* art and educational practice.

Poetically Messy – Storytelling and Mistranslations. Foto © Lea Sonderegger
Poetically Messy – Storytelling and Mistranslations. Foto © Lea Sonderegger
Poetically Messy – Storytelling and Mistranslations. Foto © Lea Sonderegger