5
edits
no edit summary
XeniaGünther (talk | contribs) (Structure, Workflow) |
XeniaGünther (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
'''Who is allowed to show their body? Who is allowed to speak about it? And whose experiences are systematically excluded?''' | '''Who is allowed to show their body? Who is allowed to speak about it? And whose experiences are systematically excluded?''' | ||
Within patriarchal structures, the maternal body is often either idealized, controlled, or hidden and rarely shown in its actual reality. The last years i have seen more works and science about | Within patriarchal structures, the maternal body is often either idealized, controlled, or hidden and rarely shown in its actual reality. The last years i have seen more works and science about female-coded bodys, but sspecially processes like lactation, birthing-exhaustion, repetition,menstruation and care are not considered worthy of representation. And my goal is it to bring some of those topics on the table of the artworld. | ||
My projects operates within the field of Artistic Research, combining personal experience with theoretical, historical, and scientific perspectives. I’m also interested in connecting to scientific research, for example through potential collaborations with the Universitätsklinikum Jena, where work on breast milk and neonatal care is already happening. | My projects also operates within the field of Artistic Research, combining personal experience with theoretical, historical, and scientific perspectives. I’m also interested in connecting to scientific research, for example through potential collaborations with the Universitätsklinikum Jena, where work on breast milk and neonatal care is already happening. Doing my own research in the BIO-Lab is also something i want to go deeper. | ||
'''The core artistic format of the project is a performance.''' | '''The core artistic format of the project is a performance in public.''' | ||
The performance is based on the rhythm of milk pumping. Every two hours, I enter a defined space and put on a custom-made textile piece inspired by a pumping bra. The costume includes tentacle-like extensions with integrated headphones. | The performance is based on the rhythm of milk pumping. Every two hours, I enter a defined space and put on a custom-made textile piece inspired by a pumping bra. The costume includes tentacle-like extensions with integrated headphones. (I love Octopuss, they are my most favorite animals and i feel comfortable with this decission + i guess 8 Arms/ 8 hearts / 8 brains are a nice metaphor what u need to do as a birth-giving person when you are caring for a newborn) | ||
I then sit down for 15 minutes, which reflects a typical pumping cycle. I don’t perform in an expressive or theatrical way. I simply remain in that condition of waiting, existing, passing time. | I then sit down for 15 minutes, which reflects a typical pumping cycle. I don’t perform in an expressive or theatrical way. I simply remain in that condition of waiting, existing, passing time. | ||
| Line 61: | Line 61: | ||
The space itself can shift between an intimate, almost domestic environment and a more analytical, research-based setting, including visual and scientific material about milk and the body. | The space itself can shift between an intimate, almost domestic environment and a more analytical, research-based setting, including visual and scientific material about milk and the body. | ||
This project also reflects a feminist stance. It resists the extraction and display of the body as a resource, and instead reclaims it as something relational and situated. | This project also reflects a feminist stance. It resists the extraction and display of the body as a resource, and instead reclaims it as something relational and situated. It also work as a empowerment for myself an other birth-giving people. | ||
Overall, the project aims to make visible what is structurally hidden. It brings together xenological thinking, feminist theory, and embodied knowledge to challenge dominant image politics and to open up space for experiences that are usually excluded from representation. | Overall, the project aims to make visible what is structurally hidden. It brings together xenological thinking, feminist theory, and embodied knowledge to challenge dominant image politics and to open up space for experiences that are usually excluded from representation. | ||