What time is it?

I fight a battle against reproduction, inner thoughts about regretting the decision against motherhood and questioning political aspects about (self-)decision or force of any kind in this context. I'm a 37-year-old woman. What time is it?

I fight a battle against reproduction and am constantly trying to defy the inner questions and fears of regretting the decision against motherhood one day. As a 37-year-old woman, it does not only feel like a race against time.

It is an invisible struggle whose inner conflict I want to visualize through my work. Through a playful display of myself beeing pregnant and as a mother I‘m studying the variety of topics arround „Motherhood“.

What does a contrast of real mothers and me the fake mom, looks like? Are we not equal? Why does it feel that way? Why do I (need to) feel such a strong pressure?

The topic of motherhood is not only private but on the contrary, also very political. What about self-decision of any kind in this context? Allocation of roles? Who is it to decide?

What time is it?

© Jannike Stelling - Mothering B
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Mothering B

© Jannike Stelling - Mothering A
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Mothering A

© Jannike Stelling - Mother With Toy
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Mother With Toy

© Jannike Stelling - 7 Of 9 Becoming A Real Woman
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7 Of 9 Becoming A Real Woman

© Jannike Stelling - Vulvahill
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Vulvahill

© Jannike Stelling - Fitting My Trousers
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Fitting My Trousers

© Jannike Stelling - Playing B
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Playing B

© Jannike Stelling - I Was Never Not A Mum.Or Was I not?
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I Was Never Not A Mum.Or Was I not?

© Jannike Stelling - Belly On A Tray
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Belly On A Tray

© Jannike Stelling - Pretty Laying Hen
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Pretty Laying Hen

© Jannike Stelling - Posing
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Posing

© Jannike Stelling - Examination
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Examination

© Jannike Stelling - Baby Doll
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Baby Doll

© Jannike Stelling - Women‘s Bellies
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Women‘s Bellies

© Jannike Stelling - Happy Baby
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Happy Baby

© Jannike Stelling - Playing A
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Playing A

© Jannike Stelling - Belly On A Belly
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Belly On A Belly

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