The Völklingen Ironworks flooded in red light
Copyright: Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte | Oliver Dietze
Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte | Oliver Dietze
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Copyright: Irina Gavritsch
Irina Gavritsch
Renate Bertlmann
Born in Vienna, Austria in 1943. She lives and works in Vienna.
Work
In her work Hidden Parameter, Renate Bertlmann uses the cool, objectifying aesthetics of X-ray images to question feminist themes of visibility, intimacy, and control over female bodies.
The objective X-ray image is manipulated: the female anatomy is augmented with a spike.The vulva thus becomes a symbol of resistance.Ratherthanappearingasamedicallyaccuratepassiveobject, thefemalebodyispresentedasanactivesiteofpowerandprotest.
From Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd August, the FERRA Festival will bring techno to our entire open-air site.
However, the water tower with the permanent exhibition ‘MOTION POWERS HISTORY’, the pump house with the sound installation by Emeka Ogboh, and the blower and compressor hall with the major exhibition ‘X-RAY’ will remain open throughout at a reduced price of 9 euros.
