04/17/2012
06/22/2011
A brief history of violence toward women!
La donna va punita perché può e osa generare dal suo corpo un altro corpo, e l’uomo no.
Woman is punished because she can, and boldly does, generate in her own body another being, which man cannot.
La donna va castigata perche la sua presenza e il suo sesso provoca pulsioni irrefrenabili e che fanno perdere il dominio di sé
Woman is chastised because her presence and her sexuality provoke irrepressible impulses in man; desires so strong that he loses his self-control.
La donna va zittita perché è capace di sapienze euristiche ,diverse, che rompono le geometrie maschili.
Woman is always silenced because she solves problems, not in a methodical and progressive manner like man, but by utilising heuristic science, intuitively making associations between random facts. Woman’s mind shatters masculine geometries.
La donna va sempre e comunque punita perché ogni donna è sempre una strega e in quanto tale merita di essere bruciata sul rogo , ustionata col kerosene, lapidata,infibulata, accoltellata , mutilata.
Woman, in every corner of the globe, is always punished because man believes she has destroyed the masculine order.
In 2011, if woman dares to say no to man, he will burn her face with kerosene: in many parts of the world woman is killed by stoning. Even in Europe, many women suffer genital mutilation by castration and 37 types of infibulation.
06/09/2011
06/07/2011
“Pierce her eyes with forks...
“Pierce her eyes with forks as she enjoyed looking at unclean things, pierce her mouth as she used them for blasphemy, pierce her heart, as she did not harbor piety, compassion, clemency, and forgiveness there, pierce her hands with the heavy fork forged in Hell since she reached with them at things unclean and did not use them to distribute alms and help her neighbors, use the fiery forks to pierce her legs she used to dance and meet her lovers." -St. Augustine, Ad Fratres in Eremitate Sermo LXIX
06/04/2011
06/02/2011
About Requiem for Women
- Requiem for Women - A performance for the Biennale Di Venezia 2011Iris Brosch will create a tableau vivant in memory of the millions of women who have been tortured, silenced, and executed over the centuries. The violence was legally justified in a book called Malleus Malfeficarum, published in 1486. Up until recently this mass killing had not been properly recognized, lost to history. These atrocities against women are still happening today. Women are still being burned, maybe not by fire but by violent images in pornography, domestic violence, wars, the global sex trade, and contemporary stereotypes of how women should look and act. This is a tribute to the lost female wisdom and feminine essence that unites women as one spirit. It is also a call to ignite the flame of solidarity amongst women. With this female energy flowing, we can create a better future for the world.
Venice Biennale
CREDITS
- Text & Literature -
Fiora Gandolfi - Costumes, makeup, choreography -
Regina Harris - Production -
Natalie Braxton - Video Production -
Stephane Blanc - Assistant -
Alice Brunello Luise - Assistant -
Jerome Boudry - Dancer -
Ingrid Zorini
Thank You
Past Performances
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