TIES AND KNOTS AND BANDAGES
28.10.–3.12.2022
Céline Ducrot, Vanessa Safavi, Franziska Koch
In the context of overproduction, anxiety, burn-outs, saturation, the demand for more self-care but also collective care have increased. Author Audre Lorde suggests in her text A Burst of Light, “caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it’s self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare”. Lorde makes a distinction between the individualisation of care as an attribute to one’s personal well-being, and care as a means of survival, a practice of deeper introspection for the sake of mutuality and reciprocity. Between tension and relaxation, TIES AND KNOTS AND BANDAGES reflects upon questions of individual and collective well-being, projecting the body as a container for personal histories, physical or emotional trauma, and cultural heritage.
Contemporary Art Centre
KRONE COURONNE, Biel/Bienne