“Pierce her eyes with forks...

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

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About Requiem for Women

Requiem for Women - A performance for the Biennale Di Venezia 2011
Iris 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.

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A Requiem For Women

This tribute is to the lost female wisdom and feminine essence that unites women as one spirit. This is a call to ignite the flame of solidarity amongst women.

06/07/2011