ARTIST IN RESIDENCE | October 2018
FUSION AIR / Artist-In-Residence Program presents
Zuhra Hilal (Germany)
FUSION AIR / Artist-In-Residence Program presents
Zuhra Hilal (Germany)
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SURFACE.
The project SURFACE has been inspired by the question posed in the anthology Thinking Through the Skin: “how skin becomes, rather than simply is, meaningful”. This question suggests that skin must be read in order to produce its meaning. Different readings produce different meanings. In the current consumer culture, especially women’s skin is being read as something in need of being artificially rejuvenated and corrected, so as to uphold the smoothness as a gender marker and conceal the signs of puberty, hormonal changes, childbirth and aging. SURFACE is Zuhra Hilal’s reading of the skin |
SUPERFICIE.
Il progetto SURFACE è stato ispirato dalla domanda posta nell'antologia Thinking Through the Skin: "come la pelle diventa, piuttosto che semplicemente essere, significativa". Questa domanda suggerisce che la pelle debba essere letta per produrre il suo significato. Differenti letture producono significati diversi. Nell'attuale cultura del consumo, in particolare la pelle delle donne viene letta come qualcosa che ha bisogno di essere ringiovanita e corretta artificialmente, come a sostenere che la sua morbidezza (liscità) sia un indicatore di genere e quindi nascondere i segni della pubertà, dei cambiamenti ormonali, del parto e dell'invecchiamento. SURFACE è la lettura della pelle di Zuhra Hilal |
ZUHRA HILAL (b. 1989 in Kabul) lives and works in Copenhagen. She is educated in fashion design at Akademie JAK in Hamburg. Through installations, performances, videos, and poster art she challenges the perception of women and their sexuality in society.
Zuhra has exhibited her work at Kreativikum Eilbek in Hamburg, Kunstverein Heidelberg, and most recently at Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling 2017 in Den Frie Udstillingsbygning in Copenhagen. She has also disturbed the Berlin Fashion Week 2015 with a guerilla performance, and in 2017 her work was mentioned in the 2nd edition of the book Vulva by the German journalist and culture historian Mithu S. Sanyal.
