LOVE AND LABOR. INTIMACY AND ISOLATION. CARE AND SURVIVAL
first performed on June 14, 2020
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, virtual programming, Berlin, Germany
performed once in 2020
MATERNAL FANTASIES
Aino El Solh, Hanne Klaas, Isabell Spengler, Lena Chen, Magdalena Kallenberger, Maicyra Leao, Mikala Hyldig Dal, Olga Sonja Thorarensen
Berlin, Germany
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LOVE AND LABOR. INTIMACY AND ISOLATION. CARE AND SURVIVAL
MATERNAL FANTASIES
A performance between mothers and children in a state of lockdown.
Who cares for whom and what are the consequences? The feminist art collective Maternal Fantasies lets viewers peek into their homes, where artistic production exists alongside domestic tasks and childcare. Household items become toys. Kitchens become backdrops. Care work and parenting have historically been marked by gender-based inequalities, yet the current conditions of social distancing have acutely magnified these injustices. Against this backdrop,the performance seeks to understand “mothering” not as a physical and fixed category or identity, but instead as dedicated time, attention, nurturance, protection and an interrupted state of mind.