“MATERNAL FANTASIES is pleased to announce our latest work, debuting as part of Haus der Kulturen der Welt’s New Alphabet School #4 Caring program. As the pandemic transformed the way in which we operated as mothers and artists, we created this online performance from within our homes to demonstrate that care work is more essential than ever.

We invite you to join us for the live stream debut on June 14, 2020 from 3 to 3:30 CET. Sharp!”

— #4 Caring: Workshops & Performance // HKW Berlin

Love and Labor. Intimacy and Isolation. Care and Survival.

A performance between mothers and children in a state of lockdown.

Who cares for whom and what are the consequences? The feminist art collective MATERNAL FANTASIES lets viewers peak into their homes, where artistic production exists alongside domestic tasks and childcare. Household items become toys. Kitchens become backdrops. Care work and parenting have historically been marked by gender-based inequalities, yet the current conditions of social distancing have acutely magnified these injustices. Against this backdrop, the performance seeks to understand “mothering” not as a physical and fixed category or identity, but instead as dedicated time, attention, nurturance, protection and an interrupted state of mind.

https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/veranstaltung/p_168755.php

Co-curated by Sascia Bailer, Gilly Karjesvky, Rosario Talevi

In cooperation with M.1 kuratieren at the Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung and Soft Agency Part of The New Alphabet