Ulrike Rosenbach,
Einwicklung mit Julia
, 1972
Ulrike Rosenbach
Einwicklung mit Julia
Ulrike Rosenbach (*1943, Germany), one of the first and most influential German video and performance artists, never understood video as merely a tool for documentation. Instead, she used it as an experimental and artistic medium. Rosenbach studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts from 1964 to 1970 before creating her first video works in 1971. She taught feminist and media art in California and founded the School for Creative Feminism in Cologne, after her return to Germany. Already in 1972 she began introducing videotapes as “documents of an inner life” with herself as the object and focus of her actions. In her so-called video live actions, she uncovers the structures of female identity while developing strategies for self-determination. She deconstructs femininity as a ”state of image-being” by drawing on traditional imagery of women from the context of visual arts, the media, advertising and cinema. Her sites of action are often marked with materials charged with ritual and symbolism.
artist's website:
www.ulrike-rosenbach.de
In
Einwicklung mit Julia
(Wrapping with Julia), one of Rosenbach’s many works exploring the relationship between mother and child, the artist wraps herself and her daughter together with transparent gauze to the rhythm of her own breathing. Interweaving, symbiosis and the blurring of boundaries, but also control and restriction, are important themes in this video performance.
Courtesy Ulrike Rosenbach
Document media
Video, b&w, sound, 5:00 min
Issue date
1972
Relations
Miriam Sharon (SHA 1)
Andrea Saemann (SAE 1)
Tags
extended body
,
maternity
,
skin
,
touch
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