selected tag: gendered

Housework is traditionally associated with women, as historically they have served men in the household. Many societies still view domestic work as “women’s work.” When women get jobs outside the home, rather than men taking over, other women are brought in. For this Bilderkritik we identify the tag “gendered” as an imposition resulting from social education influenced by inherited religious morals that see the family as the perfect tool for domination and control. All contributions in this category refer to multiple family structures, post-gendered identities, and crossed roles in the household. Theatrical strategies appear as ways to subvert and play with imposed roles. But how do we connect this subversion to the very real facts of gendered labor? Let’s start by strategically supporting each other, asking questions, playing, subverting resiliently, working together, and finding affinities. (This text has been written collectively by the participants of Bilderkritik 1)

first photograph i ever took

Posted on August 21, 2012 by marc

name: Reinilde
age: 26
profession: student
location: Amsterdam / curaçao
weekday: tuesday
reference: lunchtime. the weather is sweaty. easy living and a dishwashing machine. family of four. coming of age count, two.

washing place in 1974

Posted on January 9, 2012 by marc

name: pilar
age: 51
profession: architect
weekday: monday
reference: 1974, Villafamés, SPAIN

WASHING PLACE

Posted on January 9, 2012 by marc

name: pilar
age: 51
profession: architect
location: castellón
weekday: tuesday
reference: Vicentica is 82 years old. Her son has bought her a washing machine, but she still prefers to use the washing place in the street. She needs a domestic excuse to occupy the public space. 1996, Almenara, SPAIN.

working the streets

Posted on January 4, 2012 by marc

name: sohrab
age: 29
profession: artist
location: london
weekday: monday
reference: the women in Kabul sell magazines in the street to make a bit of extra money for their household. selling (these) magazines is regarded just slightly more worthy than begging or prostitution.

kitchen

Posted on February 11, 2012 by marc

name: Sarah
age: 23
profession: student
location: amsterdam
weekday: wednesday
reference: Amsterdam City Archives, typically old-fashioned household in Amsterdam, woman cooks for the family.

anytime, anywhere, anyhow

Posted on February 27, 2012 by marc

name: cocco
age: 34
profession: fashion designer
location: Paris
weekday: thursday
reference: mannequins protesting at work

coqueteria

Posted on December 4, 2012 by marc

name: marc
age: 31
profession: visual artist
location: amsterdam
weekday: wednesday
reference: spread from ‘Coqueteria. Album de Intimidades de la Mujer española’ publishing date unknown.

cookbook

Posted on January 5, 2012 by marc

name: esmee
age: 26
profession: artist / student
location: eindhoven
weekday: sunday
reference: youngest sister looking into a cookbook for the working woman

labour bilingualism

Posted on January 16, 2012 by marc

name: maría
age: 43
profession: artist / researcher / teacher
location: barcelona
weekday: monday
reference: still from ‘tiempo real’ (2003) by maría ruido, 43 min.

young workers

Posted on December 28, 2011 by marc

name: margarita
age: 27
profession: tiring question
location: amsterdam
weekday: sunday
reference: is this domestic? is this labour? (photograph taken by someone in my family of my father and his friends)

shopping

Posted on January 15, 2012 by marc

name: maría
age: 43
profession: artist / researcher / teacher
weekday: tuesday
reference: still from ‘tiempo real’ (2003) by maría ruido, 43 min.

se questa è una donna…

Posted on January 4, 2012 by marc

name: Daniele
age: 30
profession: photographer
location: Naples
weekday: monday
reference: when a woman can do everything!

Toe seperators

Posted on November 2, 2011 by rogier

name: thomas
age: 24
profession: designer
location: bruxelles
weekday: saturday
reference: Place peanuts in between the toes to facilitate the use of nail polish.

Boarding life

Posted on January 4, 2012 by marc

name: jort
age: 25
profession: visual artist
location: amsterdam
weekday: thursday
reference: Dartington Hall School (1926-1987) offered progressive education and a coeducational boarding life. As a first to do so it was notorious for mixed sleeping.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Posted on March 4, 2012 by marc

name: raquel
age: 35
profession: photographer
location: barcelona
weekday: saturday
reference: washing adventures

Diamonds are forever

Posted on November 1, 2011 by rogier

name: Fani
age: 35
profession: graphic designer and ceramist
location: barcelona
weekday: thursday
reference: women at work

moustache u a question

Posted on September 30, 2012 by marc

name: Reinilde
age: 26
profession: student
location: Rotterdam
weekday: sunday
reference: coffee in the kitchen, broken glass in the bathroom.

beau travail

Posted on January 15, 2012 by marc

name: rogier
age: 30
profession: graphic designer
location: amsterdam
weekday: thursday
reference: still from ‘beau travail’ (1999) by claire denis, 90 min. with denis lavant, michel subor, grégoire colin, richard courcet. this film focuses on an ex-foreign legion officer as he recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the gulf of djibouti.

urban food desert

Posted on November 2, 2011 by rogier

name: Project 181
age: 45 / 48
profession: collaborators
location: Atlanta
weekday: sunday
reference: discarded sign found during the demolition of one of the last remaining grocery stores in the neighborhood. www.project-181.blogspot.com

Mom’s Laundry

Posted on February 11, 2012 by marc

name: Sarah
age: 23
profession: Student
location: Amsterdam
weekday: Sunday
reference: This is my mother at the same age I am now, 23, hanging the laundry out to dry.

Paul l’avait aussi

Posted on November 1, 2011 by rogier

name: Oriol
age: 31
profession: artist
location: barcelona
weekday: thursday
reference: Old postcard

Carme Maria

Posted on November 1, 2011 by rogier

name: Fani
age: 35
profession: graphic designer and ceramist
location: barcelona
weekday: saturday
reference: my mummy can do everything

The iron bitch & virgin

Posted on January 8, 2012 by marc

name: Anna
age: 29
profession: interdisciplinary artist
location: Barcelona
weekday: Sunday

sweet sunday

Posted on February 13, 2012 by marc

name: Alec
age: 18
profession: Art student
location: amsterdam
weekday: Sunday
reference: Self-portrait. facing the mess in the early morning, starting to clean after a last cigarette…

pee in pink

Posted on February 20, 2012 by marc

name: Denise
age: 28
profession: graphic designer
location: japan
weekday: monday
reference: boy, sit down to pee! thanks, mum.

good morning!

Posted on February 16, 2012 by marc

name: Agne
age: 24
profession: artist
location: amsterdam
weekday: sunday
reference: my aunt wakes up every morning at 4:30 Am to feed the pigs in her farm. While her husband will probably get up around 9 to do “manly” works.

Sweet Girls

Posted on November 1, 2011 by rogier

name: Janneke
age: 30
profession: visual artist
location: Amsterdam
weekday: sunday
reference: www.andrewhill1968.com

hello kitty

Posted on December 28, 2011 by marc

name: robin
age: 33
profession: not-writer / maybe-sculptor / student / non-photographer
location: amsterdam
weekday: thursday
reference: new arrival sitting in my bookshelf (1997 Polaroid Hello Kitty, from Takaido-higashi, Suginami-Ku, Tokyo)

Looking after a kid

Posted on November 2, 2011 by rogier

name: Torkel
age: 30
profession: cultural analyst and writer
location: Stockholm
weekday: tuesday
reference: photograph from the house where I grew up, taken by my father in 1982 or 1983.

fucking backyard

Posted on January 4, 2012 by marc

name: sohrab
age: 29
profession: artist
location: london
weekday: friday
reference: victory pose

food journey 3

Posted on February 12, 2012 by marc

name: Ernst
age: 21
profession: artist
location: Amsterdam
day: Wednesday
reference: grandma’s on their way to the supermarket. this daily routine is keeping their lifes busy.

food journey 2

Posted on February 12, 2012 by marc

name: Ernst
age: 21
profession: artist
location: Amsterdam
day: Tuesday
title: food journey 2
reference: grandma’s on their way to the supermarket. this daily routine is keeping their lifes busy.

laundry

Posted on November 1, 2011 by rogier

name: Ben
age: 21
profession: bead maker
location: london
weekday: friday
reference: www.bewe.me

small business film strip

Posted on December 28, 2011 by marc

name: kim
age: 54
profession: artist / curator
location: St. louis missouri
weekday: wednesday
reference: first 4 frames from vintage found film strip

Raval

Posted on September 30, 2012 by marc

name: marta
age: 37
profession: documentalist
location: Barcelona
weekday: Sunday
reference: wORKING-CLASS FAMILY. Gabriel Casas, ca. 1933.

CLEAN BEDSPREADS

Posted on January 9, 2012 by marc

name: pilar
age: 51
profession: architect
weekday: wednesday
reference: During Corpus Christi procession, women hang out in their balconies the best bedspread or tablecloth, clean and perfectly ironed. 1993, Castellón, SPAIN.

masculine / feminine

Posted on January 16, 2012 by marc

name: maría
age: 43
profession: artist / researcher / teacher
location: barcelona
weekday: monday
reference: still from ‘tiempo real’ (2003) by maría ruido, 43 min.

cleaning

Posted on January 15, 2012 by marc

name: johan
age: 35
profession: assistant professor
location: amsterdam
weekday: saturday

my least favorite domestic chore: the laundry pile!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by marc

name: dooho
age: 31
profession: artist
location: amsterdam
weekday: wednesday
reference: from an article from internet. she has already great comment on this. My worst enemy, my archerival, my most infamous nemesis, worse than Superman’s krypronite, more daunting than a dark, bleak wintery day, my least favorite domestic chore: The laundry pile!”
http://sallyseashell.blogspot.com