feedback 20.03.2026
- watschnmann prater
- context? public? private?
- different types of anger => which part?
- experiments: questions, levels of anger, specific/personal moments, …
- power dynamics => people in leading/higher positions can feel anger more freely => differences between women and men
- »triangle of sadness« movie
- painting? => maybe not an object?
»… all women who are powerful in the public imagination have placed onto them images of monstrosity, or are imagined as monstrous underneath their exterior appearance …«
female rage in art: past and present
- elisabetta sirani: independent painter by 19 in bologna (17. century); died mysteriously at 27; opened painting school were she trained many women; famous for painting very fast and clean; painted »timoclea killing her rapist (1650)« => putting women in powerful positions against men in powerful positions
- valie export: deconstruction of the female body; liberation of women from imposed chains; abstract and hidden voyeurism suddenly becomes tangible and visible (tapp- und tastkino); the body as an political instrument
the role of women in society—as mothers, as bearers of children, and as wives—is justified through the biological functions of their bodies. according to VALIE EXPORT, only when women detach their identity from their bodies can they exist as self-determined individuals.
- louise bourgeois: famously said anger was what made her work; she treated anger as a tool, not a problem
how might anger be reframed as a trainable and constructive emotional resource for fostering motivation for change?
how can anger be shaped, trained and redirected?
… perhaps anger is the thing that tips the scales from inaction to action. perhaps that’s why anger is not just skillful in certain moments but necessary …
–Zuisei Goddard, When Women Practice Anger,
https://oceanmindsangha.org/articles/fierce-tender-clarity-zuisei-goddard
chronic anger (type of anger I am working with)
feminist/female anger becomes chronic because it is continuously reactivated by persistent structural inequalities rather than isolated events.
chronic anger (frustration) → productive anger (motivation)
anger can trigger optimism and is a motivator
→ anger becomes a method of making || anger as a resource
→ psychological thinking: anger is an activating emotion (it generates energy, focus and a drive to act)
→ in emotion regulation theory, anger becomes useful when it is processed, reframed and channeled, not simply released
→ practicing anger, just like practicing happiness → anger desirable feeling, just like happiness
chronic anger spreads through the body in wave-like patterns; it is not punctual, but continuously in motion. it is not something that can be put aside, but remains as a second skin—part of our perception and our actions.
leather representing skin/body
ink in wave-like pattern representing permanence of chronic anger in and on our body
leather → a material already shaped by processes of violence, use and transformation
tattooing → a controlled, intentional act (in contrast to impulsive reaction); permanence
→ rhythmic, tactile, repetitive → emotions are not only cognitive, but processed through the body // celebrating feeling emotions we categorize as negative
repetition / ritual → training rather than catharsis (→ filming process) // repetition as emotional architecture—it structures feeling(s) over time
→ intermediate space between impulse and action
… anger is the deepest form of compassion, for another, for the world, for the self, for a life, for the body, for a family and for all our ideals, all vulnerable and all, possibly about to be hurt. stripped of physical imprisonment and violent reaction, anger is the purest form of care, the internal living flame of anger always illuminates what we belong to, what we wish to protect, and what we are willing to hazard ourselves for …
– Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment, and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
further steps // what I want to achieve with the project // questions // …
– filming process → intentional, repetitive act // same spot, … → coming up with a practice // anger becomes a method of making
– wet forming try outs // more complex forms → intentionally shape anger (?)
– is anger truly transformed—or just aestheticized?
– does the project need to be finished? ever-growing?
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