Performance TAKING SPACE IS A FEMINIST ACT

Her performances often take place in historical buildings with a National Socialist past. The architecture of German fascism is monumental, loud and straightforward. It was intended to embody power, superiority and strength and to impress and intimidate the population. With the same intention, National Socialist propaganda art made use of the aesthetics of ancient Greek statues.


Kötterl uses these contexts to deconstruct images of the body that have been shaped by architecture and art history as representations of power and masculinity and continue to have an impact today. Ancient statues and athletic poses are examined gesturally, abstracted and refracted through modern staging techniques.