Exhibition-report-MaLue

Projects:
Axel Bauron (collage, photography): “Like what u see? :p>”
In his project, Axel Bauron tried to challenge the idea of “mother/fertility figurines”. This term has
been broadly used to conceptualize figurine collections of very famous material cultures recovered
from all around the world. Mostly, these figurines whose sexual organs are very much exaggerated
have been interpreted to be the metaphors of fertility and motherhood.
Molood Jaberi [collage/photography]: “Half the World”
“Half the World” is the appellation of the city Molood Jaberi belongs to and calls it “home”. She also
picked up this title to refer to the proclamation that “women hold up half the world” by contributing
half of civilization’s population. To her “half the world” is a part of her internal space, a space for her
primary perceptions, thoughts, dreams and memoirs as a woman experiencing public spaces in a
closed society.
Molood Jaberi [poster]: “Decoy Nest”
“Decoy Nest” is a collection of four posters using Persian, Arabic calligraphy and symbolic visual
representations, aiming at criticizing how female bodies in the Middle Eastern countries have been
used as a decoy to propagate not only gender issues, but also a variety of concerns associating with
women and their bodies.
Shohreh Jandaghian [sound, experience]: “Performing Gender in National Anthems”
Why the national anthem of Bahrain starts with “Our Bahrain, Our King” and the United Kingdoms’
national hymn ends with “God save the Queen”? What makes the country of Egypt to “Mother of all
lands” and Germany to “Vaterland”? The sound experience invites to search for the gender related
elements in national anthems of different countries.
Shohreh Jandaghian [short film: 8 minutes]: „Acht Minuten Geschichte“
„Acht Minuten Geschichte“ presents a typical median image of Iran contemporary history in a time
span between Iran 1979 Revolution and the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. To bold this very
important time span, the stereotype of group demonstrations and also Iran-Iraq war soldiers are
always shown, the typical group in which the individuality is being ignored. In contrast actually, in
this short film, the narration of a young lady who narrates her own individual life breaks down this
stereotype. In „Acht Minuten Geschichte“, an individual challenges a history, the contemporary
history of Iran.
Shohreh Jandaghian [poster]: “The Role of Media to Make Gender Stereotypes. You All Look The
Same!”
When you type the words “Muslim Women” in ‘Google Image Search Box’, you are going to have a
full screen with photos of women covered mostly in black. If you continue to search and type the
words “Brazilian Women” you are going to confront a screen full of half-naked women posing in
their bikinis. Do these highly generalized representations reflect the reality?
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