Photographer: Kinga Swiatek
HYSTERA (dr Alicja Pawluczuk) is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher whose practice intertwines the realms of art, education, and academia. With an extensive background in digital inequalities and participatory digital justice education programs, she
merges her expertise to create people-centred, thought-provoking, and innovative works. Her artistic practice explores the interplay between research and creative interventions for social change. By embracing participatory, decolonial, intersectional, and experimental approaches, she aims to create spaces, communities, and artworks that challenge conventional boundaries and spark meaningful conversations.
Her artworks possess an unmistakable kitschy vibrancy, but more importantly, they embody a powerful sense of hysteria.
Through her unique form of hysterical artivism, HYSTERA endeavours to shed light on the collective and often invisible suffering caused by centuries of medical misogyny and the persisting gender health gap.
Within her artworks, HYSTERA delves deep into the exploration of her intersecting identities as a technology researcher, feminist, migrant, disabled activist, and artist. By grounding these identities within a broader socio-technological context, she unveils intricate layers of societal dynamics, power structures, and the complexities of lived experiences.
Selected links:
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endo-violence temporalities: exploring digital [in]visibilities [INCLUDE+ art research project at Leeds University, 2023]
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Endo Violece Magazyn [founder and editor of ongoing publication series, 2023]
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Endo Violence: Chronic Pain Maps [exhibition 2023, Germany]
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Endo Violence [exhibition 2023, Germany] [guest speaker Prof. Meschner from Charite]
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Gynaecological Violence [exhibition 2022, UK]
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Endo[f] ME [exhibition 2022, Poland]
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Can Do Girl [exhibition 2021, UK]
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Gendered Pain [exhibition 2020, Poland and online]
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#PainStories and Pain Museum - Bodyform Campaign [commisioned artist]
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The Moral Panic of Digital Hysteria: What Happens When Sick Girls Become Visible Online [written publication for An Injustice Journal, 2022]
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Interview for KALTBLUT (2020)