Old Attitudes

The impositions of everyday life and its catastrophes inscribe themselves into our bodies. I am particularly fascinated by the discrepancy between old, classical role patterns, and new social roles, gender identities, up to the detachment from gender binarity. But not only the development from one to the other, but their simultaneity. Gripped by the old – either as a claim from outside or within ourselves – our self-image has expanded into new regions. Our own identity seems to be both fixed and freely selectable. This is not only freedom but also an increasing burden that we try to live up to.