[4] Composed of Martha Baer, Jessica Chalmers, Erin Cramer, Marianne Weems and Andrea Fraser, the group was initially formed as a study group in order to meet-up and read feminist psychoanalytic theory, but soon morphed into discussions of their own art and scholarship.
Feminist discussions regarding power relations, the status of women, and canon development lead to the need for ways of challenging normalized phallocentric ideas.
This allowed them to be designated as presenters, symbolizing that all five women held equal influence at the long table, but were still part of the whole group.
The panel would provide a comedic critique of various professional discourses within the spaces in which they originated, such as conferences, universities, art galleries and museums.
[6] The V-Girls utilized humor and phrasing during their performances to present their points in a shocking, apparent way.
[2] They crafted their humor in a manner that simultaneously made them the subject and “the butt of the joke”, forcing the audience to reflect further on the meaning while also investigating their own roles.
[1][10] To expose, to show, to demonstrate, to inform, to offer was performed in Vienna in 2015 at Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (MUMOK).