Melting of the iron body

2022Installation and video performance; collaboration with Laura McGlinchey

Melting of the iron body, installation — Melting of the iron body, installation view at Shedhalle, Eisenwerk. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

A former ironworks was transformed into rooms named Head, Heart and Hands, with a hidden space for melting. Developed with Laura McGlinchey, the installation and performances recast industrial labour and its gendered histories as a process of material and bodily transformation.

Melting of the iron body, further view 2 — Installation view, Shedhalle. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Melting of the iron body, further view 3 — Installation view, Shedhalle. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Melting of the iron body, further view 4 — Installation view, Shedhalle. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Melting of the iron body, further view 5 — Installation view, Shedhalle. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Melting of the iron body, further view 6 — Installation view, Shedhalle. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Melting of the iron body, further view 7 — Performance documentation. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Melting of the iron body, further view 8 — Installation view, Shedhalle. Photo: Wassili Widmer.