Am I clean now?
Three handcrafted quilts on the topic of womxn and their unobtainable cleanliness.
Gepresenteerd door Athena GrontiDit project is nu gearchiveerd en was onderdeel van DDW20
Am I clean now was inspired by the scary history of feminine hygiene products and how that reflects the fact that society has always seen womxn as dirty. Are our bodies and minds ever clean enough for this world?
Athena is fascinated by how healthy body functions such as menstruation or normal vagina odor have historically been seen as repelling and as problems that need extreme solutions, such as feminine hygiene products containing bleach or cresol. One would ho
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Athena Gronti is een in Athene geboren / in Rotterdam wonende kunstenaar met een sterke focus op female empowerment en vrouwen politiek. Haar stijl is poëtisch, bewust ruimte latend voor persoonlijke interpretatie van de kijker. Specifiek gefascineerd door de emotionele en culturele waarde van handenarbeid en textiel, verlegd ze grenzen en bouwt bruggen tussen tradities en het nu. In juli 2018 studeerde zij af aan de opleiding “Lifestyle Transformation Design” op de Willem de Kooning Academie.
Colofon
Special Thanks
Janne van de Weijer
Sound Engineer
Beau Eckhardt
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