THE (MU-LU)TANTS
Camille Tsvétoukhine

The exhibition THE (MU-LU)TANTS is based on the history of women's strikes in France at the beginning of the 20th century, in particular on the strikes of Les transbordeuses d'oranges (women who reloaded oranges) in 1904 in Cerbère, one of the first all-female strikes in France, and of Les sardinières (sardine workers) in Douarnenez. The women had to do hard labor for up to 18 hours a day and went on strike to be paid a little more in order to make a living. After a long struggle, these women's movement managed to achieve a victory against patriarchal capitalism. (MU-LU)TANTS is a neologism that brings together the idea of the militant and the mutant woman. Based on this research, the artist Camille Tsvetoukhine wants to show how these events affect feminism today.

For the Kebbel Villa, Camille Tsvetoukhine has created a fictional story about an industrialist called Herr Max, who owns a factory for bow ties, in which the story of the female workers repeats itself. In this exhibition, the artist revisits the past in order to question the present.

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