Bringing together new and recent works by a group of international female artists, the exhibition asks how we can experience family life while resisting its oppressive undertones, especially in relation to femininity. It shows the home as a performative and mental space where kinship and self are established and changed through affective forces: love, cruelty and indifference.

(...) Lines drawn by cherry stones. Cherry wood, tainted and polish soothing the body, encrusted with sooo real jewels grazing on the speckles of dust. On the floor they advance, tracing the steps, collecting the bodily parts as they roll. They crack and roll, always splitting. How to draw speed, how to draw hesitation? Drawing spots – polka dots advance such a rhythm – drama without a stage, an instant relief from the footprints.

Does desire die quicker when lines settle or when the body is close to fullness and saturation? (...)

Excerpt from text by Hana Janečková