Reassembling Motherhood(s): On Radical Care and Collective Art as Feminist Practices
Edited by Sascia Bailer, Magdalena Kallenberger, Maicyra Teles, Leão e Silva, Lena Chen
Onomatopee, 2021
Paperback, 9.5 x 6.5 in.
180 pages
$25.00
WPA Note:
Artist Mother Studio, conceived of by artist Amy Hughes Braden and co-produced with WPA in 2018, addressed this topic.
Description:
Convening seven interdisciplinary artist mothers and ten children, this volume aims to counter the social invisibility of the maternal experience. Who cares for whom and what are the consequences? How can we rethink time, care and reproduction through the maternal? How can art exist as a site for thinking of the maternal as a participatory practice, to promote new modes of thinking-with?
About the Author(s):
Maternal Fantasies is an interdisciplinary group of international artists and cultural producers based in Berlin. They shape the discourse on motherhood through collective artistic processes while enhancing the visibility of contemporary feminist positions addressing motherhood(s) in the arts. From writing autobiographical responses to classic feminist texts to devising performances using children’s games, their art practice favours inclusive community-oriented experiments as alternatives to traditional structures of art production. Bridging theory and practice, their strategy transforms research on motherhood(s), care work and representation in the arts into frameworks for immersive modes of critique. Current members of Maternal Fantasies are Aino El Solh, Hanne Klaas, Isabell Spengler, Lena Chen, Magdalena Kallenberger, Maicyra Leao, Mikala Hyldig Dal.