Semiotics of the Home

| You Lose, You Laugh
(BALi, KulturBahnhof Kassel)

At the scrapyard, Hsin-Yu Chen and Jessi Ali Lin force the digger and the forklift to do chores. Eggs are scrambled, dishes are washed, laundry is hung up, and a smartphone break is taken in ever-same sequences. These tasks not being done by a woman but by heavy construction machinery is a derivation from Martha Rosler's "Semtiotics of the Kitchen." The filmmakers reproduce the flat filming of work from this 1975 feminist artwork and complement it with an absurd change of rolls.

  • Duration: 8 Min.
  • Countries: United States, Taiwan
  • Languages: No dialogues
  • Subtitles: English
  • Production year: 2023
  • Premiere: German Premiere

  • Director: Hsin-Yu Chen, Jessi Ali Lin