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FIXED DELVES INTO THEMES OF FORCED MARRIAGE, GENDER ROLES, AND THE OBJECTIFICATION OF WOMEN. HOW DOES SOCIETY'S IDEALISATION OF MARRIAGE AND MOTHERHOOD TRAP WOMEN IN PASSIVE, OBJECTIFIED ROLES? CAN WOMEN FIND THEIR IDENTITY BEYOND THESE IMPOSED EXPECTATIONS IN A CULTURE WHERE TRADITION OFTEN OUTWEIGHS INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM?
 

IN MY DESIGN, I USED TURKISH CARPETS AND MOTORISED ELEMENTS TO SYMBOLISE HOW TRADITIONS RESTRICT AND CONTROL A FEMALE BODY, PHYSICALLY AND METAPHORICALLY. MIRRORS AND GOLD LETTERS, REPRESENTING THE WEIGHT OF THE WORD “MOTHER,” WERE INTEGRATED TO HIGHLIGHT WOMEN'S BURDENS IN PATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES. THE USE OF SENSORS AND MOTORS ALLOWED FOR INTERACTION WITH THE AUDIENCE, RAISING THE QUESTION: HOW DOES THE COLLISION OF TRADITION AND TECHNOLOGY RESHAPE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MODERN WOMANHOOD?
 

ULTIMATELY, FIXED REFLECTS HOW SOCIETAL NORMS CONTROL AND CONFINE WOMEN’S BODIES. HOW CAN PERFORMANCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND FEMINIST CRITIQUE BE USED TO CHALLENGE THESE DEEPLY INGRAINED CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS AND GIVE VOICE TO WOMEN'S OFTEN-SILENCED EXPERIENCES?