graphic design & installations

Die krumme Rippe wird gerade

2024

In order to gain a perspective on society and its

norms, roles, and behavior, we use the medium

of literary works. After all, what could be a better

key to the past than the written word in poetry?

According to Goethe, the woman, also known as

‘the crooked rib’, can no longer be straightened,

otherwise she will ‘break’. This statement implies

that there is a natural falseness inherent in women

as beings and that they can no longer be straight-

ened. In many cultures, fragility and inferiority

to the male sex are attributed to the female sex.

We sharpen our focus on well-known poets who

were only too happy to proclaim their view of a

woman's beauty. The binary gender construct is

created again and again according to historically

and culturally modified rules and is by no means

a natural given. Our social gender is a social

construct and is subject to man-made ideas,

expectations, and laws. However, gender diversity

is increasingly recognized in today's society, and

the binary gender system is seen as an outdated

model. Despite all the reforms, society is still stuck

with the dichotomous, heterogeneous gender

system. ‘Beauty' is a myth and assumes the

function of social control. Appearance has always

been the staging ground for successful participation

in society. It is time to redefine 'beauty’!