Claudia Lomoschitz

LACTANS

Kunsthalle Wien
29.11.2023–14.4.2024

Darker, Lighter, Puffy Flat
Curated by Laura Amann

Milk as mythological substance and historical material is illuminated in the video work LACTANS. Art historic images emerge from a digital ocean of milk, telling counter-hegemonic stories of lactation. From Hapi, the Egyptian intersex God of fertility, to the Greco-Roman story of Pero breastfeeding her imprisoned mother. A performative narration of myths and legends, examines the reminiscence of history in contemporary bio politics. Depictions travel through the eyes of time, legends echo deep down in our cells.Imagine history as a gulping throat reaching through time. How can moist power relations and opaque oppression be liquified?

Video/Concept Claudia Lomoschitz
Sound Design Nikkname
Voice Over Anne Kozeluh, Alex Franz Zehetbauer
Animation Advice Stefanie Schwarzwimmer
Video duration 35 min.

With kind support of Art Hub Copenhagen and Kunsthalle Wien

Thanks to Anna Barbieri, Zoltan Victor Unger, Moritz Franz Zangl, Hannah Marynissen, Michael Niemetz

Installation views Apollonia T. Bitzan, Joanna Pianka for esel, Kunsthalle Wien 2023