Pudor is a video-performance in which Luiza Prado, a Brazilian artist, lays naked on the floor, while people put white rosaries on her, covering her private parts. That is a symbol of how the religious community she was raised in was oppressing her sexuality, and was causing and not healing her vaginismus (a condition that […]
This is one of the most iconic performances of Marina Abramovic (we made a little introduction to her in our overview about Performance Art). Marina Abramovic was sitting in front of an audience, naked from the waist up, just brushing her hair with a brush in one hand and a comb in the other, and […]
This week will be dedicated to #WomensDay2018 and feminism! To start the week with the right topic, today I am going to show the basic features of Performance Art, and you will understand later how it is connected to feminism. Historical and artistic background Performance Art comes from the ancient tradition of theatre, but it […]
Today we speak about the architecture of the Reichstag Dome, the glass cupola above the building that hosts the German parliament. From the dome, accessible to the public with a reservation, the whole cityscape can be seen at 360 degrees. The debating chamber of the Bundestag, the German parliament, can be seen below it. It was designed by architect Norman Foster and […]
Gina Pane was a french-italian body artist. She was a convinced feminist, but didn’t use her nudity to stand up for feminism, as some of her collegues (vene though there is nothing wrong with it, it’s just a different style). She used her body to symbolize physical sacrifice and protest, and she did so with […]
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