In Domestic Distortion, the aesthetics of bourgeois secrecy meet misogynistic quotes and social facts. Sexist statements and statistics on violence against women are immortalised on porcelain plates - inspired by kitschy decorative objects. The installation takes the form of a carefully laid table and thus thematises the connection between care work, domestic violence and traditional role models. A field of tension is created between the idyllic surface and the destructive content, which is disrupted by an already broken object in the arrangement - a quiet but unmistakable sign of resistance.
1. What is your work about?
"In ‘Domestic Distortion’, I collect misogynistic quotes and facts and place them in a domestic setting. In this way, I thematise how violence and hatred against women penetrate our everyday lives through language. I use porcelain to address care work and the traditional image of the housewife - violence often takes place in the very place where women should be safest."
2. How does the performative element of your installation work?
"In the first act, the exhibition space shows porcelain works in an almost idyllic domestic setting - only a single smashed plate indicates the break. At the end of the exhibition, I destroy the entire setting and capture this act on film. The documentation forms the starting point for further development in the next chapter of the project."
3. What role does porcelain play in your work?
"Porcelain stands for care, household and tradition - at the same time it combines fragility with the everyday. By applying misogynistic slogans to it, I expose the self-evident nature of sexism in public discourse and private spaces and reveal the traces of violence that arise in the place where protection should be at its highest."
4. What do you want the audience to take away?
"I would like visitors to reflect on the extent to which sexism is still anchored in 2025 - especially against the backdrop of the conservative shift to the right in Europe and the USA. The work calls on people to defend existing achievements and to position themselves against a regressive, traditional value system."
Porcelain, text on crockery, wooden table, tablecloth, variable dimensions, 2025
