Group Exhibition
Map & Territory International Art Exhibition
PERSONAL TERRITORIY | 2018
On the inside wall of the installation are 3 questions in Chinese and English: What is the content of my personal territory? What do I want to add? What am I afraid of losing?
CURATORS
Li Xinmo | Artist | Art Teacher | Art Critic | Beijing
Roland von der Emden | Artist | Beijing
About my Installation PERSONAL TERRITORY
International Group Exhibition
‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in collaboration with Li Dan | Founder, Director & Curator Crossroads Centre
UNTOLD STORIES
Texts
Five shirts featuring texts by women from China, displayed on the floor.
3 Photos
Julia Broussard | Head of the Office | UN Women China
Li Dan | Director & Curator | Crossroads Centre | Beijing
Reuters China | Excerpt | 00:42 min
The Shirts
This shirt had been laid secretly among the others the day after the opening of the exhibition.
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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.)
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Text by a woman from Mauritius | 60x80cm
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Text by a woman from Zimbabwe | 50x80cm
CURATOR Crossroads Centre Art Space
Li Dan | Director
Chinese NGO organization that seeks to raise awareness about women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights in China through the use of film and art
CURATORS World Trade Center
Ms. Roselyn | General Manager of Trends Lounge | China World Trade Center | Beijing
Li Dan | Director | Crossroads Centre | Beijing
UNTOLD STORIES
500 white shirts | metal construction | fabric | red thread | 6 shirts with texts by women from China | Ø 300cm
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Solo Performance
‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in collaboration with UN Women China and the Embassy of Switzerland in Beijing
UNTOLD STORIES
CUT THE ROPES
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
