With this project, I seek to explore the signs, symbols and myths of femininity from a historical perspective and in a patriarchal context in order to bring them back to our collective consciousness. Symbols and myths simplify the world by explaining them through stories and images. As a visual narrative and construction of reality, they create a collective sense of direction and identity for communities (families, peoples, nations ...). Cassirer claims that myth is „the phenomenon that originates in every human culture“ and that historically there is no great culture that is not dominated and saturated with mythical elements (1949). In this sense, patriarchy as a system and structure of control is also a „restricted conception of the world“ (Nietzsche, 1872) that disseminates its own symbols and images and thus maintains social cohesion. This work discusses the images that have emerged outside of hegemonic masculinity in history: the observation of Palaeolithic art — such as the vulva engravings of cave art and later the so-called Venus figurines — tells us that representations of women and symbols of femininity were the first form of human representation. What other counter-examples can be found in art history? Why and how were female symbols systematically erased from history and what influence can they have today?

This research-based project is a historical journey that finds its form of expression visually and aims to create an artistic and feminist atlas that will bring images of femininity back to our collective consciousness.

Photoseries, Installation, 2020-ongoing