The Joycean Society

Dora García lives and works in Oslo. She currently teaches at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway. She has represented Spain at the Venice Biennale in 2011 and was present again in the Venice Biennale 2013. She took part in the 56th Venice International Art Exhibition, dOCUMENTA(13), and other international events such as Münster Sculpture Projects in 2007, Sydney Biennale in 2008, and São Paulo Biennale in 2010. Her work is largely performative and deals with issues related to community and individuality in contemporary society, exploring the political potential of marginal positions, and paying homage to eccentric characters and antiheroes. These eccentric characters have often been the center of her film projects, such as The Joycean Society (2013), and Segunda Vez (2018). In her new film Amor Rojo (2023) she uses the figure of Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), a Marxist theorist and Soviet revolutionary, radical feminist and sexual activist, as a guide to walk the labyrinth of female freedom, sexual emancipation, and love as weapon.