Power - International digital exhibition catalog
In this exhibition, we seek to explore what Power is. Is it a physical meaning, or is strength something internal? Does being strong mean having an advantage over someone and being the first, or is it about willpower when a person has almighty patience and goes step by step to his goal? Does power have gender, man’s superiority over nature, or do time and age affect power? Everyone has their own truth. Let’s think about the meaning of power and show our own vision in this exhibition!
In this exhibition, we seek to explore what Power is.
Is it a physical meaning, or is strength something internal?
Does being strong mean having an advantage over someone and being the first, or is it about willpower when a person has almighty patience and goes step by step to his goal?
Does power have gender, man’s superiority over nature, or do time and age affect power?
Everyone has their own truth. Let’s think about the meaning of power and show our own vision in this exhibition!
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OLIVIA MADAY<br />
Boston, United States<br />
@olivia_maday | www.oliviamaday.com<br />
About artwork<br />
“Woman in Red” effectively challenges the historical objectification and cannibalization<br />
of women in media representations by reclaiming and emphasizing the autonomy<br />
and agency of the female body. Through the use of horror tropes, this work employs a<br />
potent visual language to explore the violence and consumption inflicted upon women<br />
in film and media, while also destabilizing traditional power roles and notions of<br />
femininity. Raw meat and blood serve as symbols for the flesh, representing the act of<br />
embracing the body and reclaiming what has been stripped away from women for centuries.<br />
As a woman rubs bloody, raw meat across her skin, she denounces the historical<br />
exploitation and commodification of the female flesh, embracing her body as the site<br />
of her own personal pleasure and power. This interplay of fear, desire, and power, thus<br />
invites viewers to engage with the female body in a way that honors women’s inherent<br />
complexity and dynamism.<br />
Artist Statement<br />
As an artist working across video, sound, and installation my practice is driven by a desire<br />
to bring women’s sexuality to the forefront of contemporary discourse, challenging<br />
the historic precedence of male sexual entitlement and the objectification of the female<br />
form. By highlighting the body of the woman in a provocative manner, I command attention<br />
towards its presence, all while maintaining narrative control and actively challenging<br />
the notion of the passive female subject.<br />
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