The Fe(m)stival project connects between art and society. It forms a bridge between the principles of equality and the creation of diverse, female-driven art and strengthens the bond between artists and their community. The Fe(m)stival project advances female artists, presenting content regarding identity and female experience to a wide range of audiences, specifically underprivileged groups. The project takes place in a number of locations throughout Israel and includes community processes spanning the duration of the year including artistic processes in the larger community, one-time workshops that are open to all, panels and dialogues, festivals, performances and more. Fe(m)stival is a triangle whose points are art, feminism and community. 

 

Fe(m)stival is an annual event for feminist performing arts. The festival deal with the female experience via the moving body. Fe(m)stival places at its core the necessary and revolutionary possibility to discuss women’s issues- a meeting that allows for dialogue and collaboration between artists from different fields and their audience, between women and other women, between art and thought, between action and experimentation, between the active, performing, speaking body and the observing, listening and reacting body. 

 

As part of the festival, premieres from the fields of dance, performance, spoken word, music and others occur alongside exhibitions, discussions, panels, workshops and more. The festival occurred for the first time in 2017 as the initiative of choreographer Ayala Frenkel, curator and artistic director of Fe(m)stival. From 2017-2019, was coproduced and hosted by the Kelim Choreography Center in Bat Yam.