HOME | 2020 Steel | wood | bed covers | sheets | pillows | metal headboards | 200x200x330cm
HOME should be a place of safety and retreat, trust and tranquility. But war, terror and violence force people to leave their HOME or it transfers to a place of fear, pain and horror. Many women and children and other vulnerable groups are humiliated, controlled and disempowered and devalued even in peaceful times. If HOME is out of balance, they are existentially threatened, especially if they choose the path to freedom. In times of particular strain, these existing processes are magnified and multiplied. Not only does the contempt for women dramatically increase, but also racism and homophobia.
(Photo: Doris Binda)
Franziska Greber & Nicolas Galladé | City Councilor of Winterthur
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker, US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva and Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
UPROOTED | 2022
PALAIS DES NATIONS | GENEVA
UPROOTED dead tree | upside down | 800cm x Ø400cm | Concrete base | 150x175cm
UPROOTED | 2022
PLACE DU RHONE | GENEVA
UPROOTED dead tree | upside down | 800cm x Ø400cm | concrete base | 150x175cm
UNIDIR Adressing Weapons in Conflict-related Sexual Violence
Moderator Cordula Droege Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross
Panelists Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence)
Monica Ferro UNFPA, Director Geneva office
Michel Anglade Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office).
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker’s speech
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Palais des Nations | Geneva May Maloney (ICRC) | Alessandra Velluci (UN Geneva) | Francesco Pisano (UN Geneva) | Diane Boulay (US Mission) Video | 14:28 min
RESONANCE FROM VISITORS
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INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MUSEUM | GENEVA
APART steel | red clothes | ropes | Ø 350cm
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker, US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
STATEMENTS FROM VISITORS; RÉFLEXIONS DES VISITEURS
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva | 12:00 min (in English & en Français)
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Moderator Cordula Droege Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross
Panelists Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence)
Monica Ferro UNFPA, Director Geneva office
Michel Anglade Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office).
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker’s speech
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Palais des Nations | Geneva May Maloney (ICRC) | Alessandra Velluci (UN Geneva) | Francesco Pisano (UN Geneva) | Diane Boulay (US Mission) Video | 14:28 min
RESONANCE FROM VISITORS
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Crossroads Center Art Space | Beijing | China | 2016
International Group Exhibition in collaboration with Li Dan | Founder, Director & Curator Crossroads Centre | Chinese NGO organization that seeks to raise awareness about women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights in China through the use of film and art
This shirt had been laid secretly among the others the day after the opening of the exhibition.
Exhibition at China World Trade Centre | Trends Lounge | Beijing
Photo Woman from Zimbabwe, writing on a white shirt with a red pen | 50x80cm (Red as a color was not accepted by the World Trade Center, I opted for black and white photos.)
CURATOR Crossroads Centre Art Space Li Dan | Director | Crossroads Centre | Beijing
CURATORS World Trade Center Ms. Roselyn | General Manager of Trends Lounge | China World Trade Center | Beijing Li Dan | Director | Crossroads Centre | Beijing
Solo Performance in Collaboration with NGOs, Woman Rights Organizations & UN Women China
For my art installation UNTOLD STORIES, 500 white shirts were tied together with thick ropes to form a huge globe. There are only a few shirts lying on the ground that are connected to the globe with a thin line of blood. This pile of shirts found their way out of the harmful prison of silence that is the globe, which allowed them to be written on.
We are here today to portray our determination to break the silence of women affected by all kinds of gender-based violence and discrimination.
The event is intended to show and confirm China’s social and societal support for these women, the seriousness of the violence, and the commitment to end it. It allows the WOMEN IN THE DARK to express themselves and assures them that people want to hear what they have to say. The act of cutting the ropes by members of NGOs and human rights organizations helps the shirts fall down and “frees“ them from being held back. These shirts will be picked up by professionals and handed out to the women who want to speak out.
In 2016 China created their first law against domestic violence. This law is very politically significant; however the cultural roots of domestic violence still need to be changed in order to remove pressure and dramatic consequences for the women. Women need to feel safe to report violent husbands and family members to the police and to seek separation from their abusers.
Franziska Greber Artist & Psychotherapist Switzerland
Franziska Greber is a Swiss Artist. She was former Co-Head of the Intervention Center against Domestic Violence at the Directorate of Justice and Home Affairs in the Canton of Zurich, worked as a Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Organization Counselor, and taught at Universities and Colleges. She has written numerous articles in academic journals and books and was a Speaker for UN Events in Geneva and Vienna. She was involved in many Theater Projects, was a Script-consultant for a documentary film about depression “SeelenSchatten” and for a feature film about domestic violence “Giochi d’estate – Summer Games”.In 2016 she initiated the international art project WOMEN IN THE DARK, which gives women who live in the dark of society a voice by writing their experiences, pain, hopes and wishes on a white shirt with a red permanent marker. Achieving this goal is only possible in collaboration with organizations in the respective country. So far participating are Zimbabwe, the Seychelles, Mauritius, China, India, Switzerland, Chile and Germany. The female garments are shown as art installations, the documented writing process of the women as photos, books and videos.
Franziska Greber had several group and solo exhibitions – also in China.
CURATORS
Ma Yiying Artist and curator, vice president of the Oil Painting Academy of China – Contemporary Fine Arts Institute of Culture, 2018 Chinese Annual Art Event. Representative Exhibition: Chinese Abstract Art (UN) Exhibition Shenzhen
Speaking is often in conflict with different interests. When, why and what women express depends on many factors and is also country- and culture-specific. Values are an important reference, as is safety. It’s a thin line whether the raised voices are resonant and impactful or fall silent again.
BOOKS | 2019 The two books contain all texts read in the video VOICES by women from Switzerland, India and Zimbabwe
UNTOLD STORIES | Ø 300cm globe | 500 white shirts, tied together with Ropes | 6 shirts with texts, written by women from China, lie on the floor | 2016
Curator Ma Yiying Artist and curator, vice president of the Oil Painting Academy of China – Contemporary Fine Arts Institute of Culture, 2018 Chinese Annual Art Event. Representative Exhibition: Chinese Abstract Art (UN) Exhibition Shenzhen