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Helena Walsh


The Sexual Politics of Female Militancy

 

Tricolour   Triode   Regimented Chaos
 
 
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In these works hyper-masculine women march mechanically, unified in uniform, feminine yet fierce, disciplined yet disordered, empowered yet systematically submissive. Carrying out ritualistic acts, brutal instructions with dark affection. Based on extreme acts of female political militancy and fundamental nationalism these works investigate the sexual politics of power associated with the female body. Confusing the boundaries between femininity and masculinity, between individual identity and nationality and the body and techno-scientific invention.