Two single channel video projections, 3 min 22 sec, loop and 20 sec, loop. Video in 4:3 format, here displayed on a 16:9 screen. Collection of Magasin III, Museum for Contemporary Art. On display September 21 – October 10 at SSE, Stockholm.
Art talk about the work as artistic research, SSE, Stockholm.
The woman's blows to the man can be juxtaposed to a structural fight against the prevailing view on gender. The outcome of the boxing match, with the woman exhaustedly collapsing, can be seen as inevitable as the struggle against the patriarchal gaze is destined to be lost. The work is addressing structural powerlessness in political relationships, shedding light on contemporary Swedish society.