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Rebecca Horn in Labouring Bodies

Labouring Bodies explores the relationship between the body, labour and technology from a feminist perspective. The extensive group exhibition shows how the human body – especially the feminised and marginalised human body – has been shaped and controlled by machines since the dawn of the modern age, and how it has also been understood as a site of resistance. With its focus on working with machines, the technologisation of production and reproduction, and women’s contribution to technological progress, the show invites us to rethink our notions of the body, labour and care. Spanning the period from the early twentieth century to the present, the works in the exhibition reveal parallels and underscore the ongoing relevance and topicality of the subject matter.