TEMA#4
Matriarchy -
What if society was built around women*?
Matriarchy could mean solidarity.
Matriarchy could mean awareness.
Matriarchy could mean sustainability.
Matriarchy could mean understanding.
Matriarchy could mean tenderness.
Matriarchy could mean female* self-determination.
Matriarchy could mean an equal division of labour.
Matriarchy could mean less violence against women*.
Matriarchy is desirable
– is it?
In its fourth issue, TEMA wants to provoke a discussion on the male-dominated power structures in the world and discuss an alternative: Is matriarchy a real opportunity? Is it even possible to change thousand-year-old patriarchal structures? What is in between the two extremes?
We have a saying / Männer LOL
Patriarchy vice versa and everything is different? This weekly column is a thought experiment which treads a fine line between normality and absurdity. The events described here are fictitious. Any similarities to reality would be coincidental and unintentional. Read at your own risk!
Making masculinity tremble
Having dealt with femininity a lot throughout this theme, it’s time to consider the other side of the coin. In his thought-provoking article, Leon Lobenberg explores the constant shiver that accompanies men* throughout their lives. It’s a piece that asks us to reflect and critically engage with masculinity and its images.
Interview with Nora Heinisch
We spoke to Nora about her current project Why Can’t I Hold All These Projections?, about Cindy Crawford, Kim Kardashian and the immense influence images have on self-perception, especially for women.
“Sie hat Bock” – a conversation with Katja Lewina
"Sex always shows how the power relations are situated" - A conversation with the author Katja Lewina.
“Ma-Ma” – between body, nature and photography
Through a photographic essay, Josefa Searle seeks to reflect upon, transmit and visualise the themes raised in the performance "Ma-Ma" by Yael Karavan and Rita Vilhena.
Queen Iris
Thekla Liebmann talked to C. about her experiences as a professional sex worker, but also about the everyday challenges she faces as a (queer) woman.
Living and loving within capitalism
I'm fascinated by how consensual non-monogamy and the loving idea of not owning one's partner and allowing them to fulfill needs with others, just doesn't fit into our capitalist system.
How monogamous are we?
What we know for sure is that human mating and relationship behavior differs quite blatantly from that of other species.
Women Exposed
Women Exposed is an exhibition that explores sexually charged artwork from a female perspective conceived by London-based artist and curator Nadia Nervo. Meike Brunkhorst talked to the artist about the ideas that inspired the exhibition.
Women and the re-vision of myths
Stories have power and the way we tell them is as important as what they are about.
