Hiding and seeking
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Dates2022 - Ongoing
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Author
- Location Lausanne, Switzerland
My project Hiding and Seeking uses performance art and photography to explore invisible violence against women in domestic spaces. By embodying daily postures and reflecting on personal trauma, I challenge patriarchal norms and reveal the complex dynamics
In 1995, the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in China. Since then, feminist movements have increasingly entered public space, and with the rise of the internet, younger generations have begun to recognize, articulate, and challenge forms of violence that are legitimized by patriarchal structures and traditional disciplines. While these forms of violence often appear subtle or invisible, they continue to shape bodies, behaviors, and modes of self-discipline in everyday life. “Hiding and Seeking” emerges from this context.
In this project, I use human postures, gestures, and everyday household items as entry points. I focus on the invisible violence and oppression faced by women within the family environment. On the one hand, I photograph myself as the subject to reconstruct the “postures women are expected to take in their daily lives.” This is a way to deconstruct and resist the oppression women still face from traditional disciplines.On the other hand, by recalling scenes of violence in my family, I channel the physical reactions and the trauma triggered by that violence. Even though it happened a long time ago, I realize it is still imprinted on me.The body’s reactions and resistance, though personal, become political through my experiences. I use posture itself as a tool to speak, addressing violence against women on a larger scale. By presenting scenarios that blur the line between reality and imagination, I symbolically hint at a self that is imprisoned, oppressed, and resisting within the closed family environment.
By playing with everyday moments and deconstructing the facade of traditional family life and the discipline imposed on women, my work reflects on the power dynamics within the traditional binary structures represented in the home.
