'ISLAND GIRLS'

DEBATABLE LANDS, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, 2020

PART OF COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH UNFINISHED ART SPACE AND FLEETING TERRITORIES

This series explores gender constructs as part of her female identity. Employing her body as both instrument and subject, she navigates between online identity and physical experience, presenting the lived-in female body in contemporary times. The series »Island Girls« (2020) places women in surreal locations, and reflects upon the dystopian aspects of the #IslandGirls hashtag in conflict with the supposed island paradise it seeks to evoke. #IslandGirls on Instagram typically displays bikini-clad female bodies in tempting poses on exotic beaches. Here, however, the female body becomes an empowered and autonomous political body, conscious of its environment and in command of its actions.