In the pine box I placed a soap from the collection of ‘Human Body Smell’ soaps. Over the box and the soap in it I pulled the inside out turned sock with some feathers sewed on it. Both things I got in my studio where at the same time I work as a woman and live as a bird.
Although it is very difficult for me to think in the terms of ‘feminist’ art (or any kind of separation between the men- women activities), I can’t avoid the context of the Women Beyond Borders project. So I created the double box out of the single one. What inspired me was the fact found in the catalogue that the original wooden boxes had been constructed by a man (called Jack). Inside this wooden box I have put the soft textile box sewn by myself.
The work corresponds with the pattern of sharing the work: men build houses while women make home of them. Such a box is still staying empty, waiting for a real (probably common) issue. Besides this, I simply enjoy sewing.
REFERENCES:
Joseph Beuys: felt textile
United Colors of Benetton: bright colors, social dimension of dressing
‘Titanic,’ the movie: Jack & Rose relationship
My past works: ‘Portable Home’ project
