2DIP Eva-Maria

feedback design freeze:

• material? stone?
• form of leather => »animal form« => not good
• reasons for material-use
• showing other material try outs?
• performance/tattoo workshop? incorporating others

feedback

• more surveys, but only for inspiration (e.g. just focussing on cleaners/moms/…) => differences in what people are angry about => generational differences => age!
• tattooing special medium => powerful enough => too many layers
• connection between tattoo, leather and rage is enough => it should not be about the pattern/what is on the leather, but about the medium itself => how deep? …
• permanence => branding?
• julia lohmann
• wim delvoye
• performance

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?

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»… 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 …«

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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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabetta_Sirani: feedback 29.04.2026

• 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

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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

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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 → 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?

feedback 05.03.2026

• children want what they see: other kids’ toys, advertisements, …
• primal emotions | underlying emotions: anger and fear
• societal stereotyping
• dealing with emotions — practices
• boys and anger | boys and sadness | anger in kids! (changes over the last 20 years?)
• female anger: directing the project maybe to women and not girls?
• behavioral experts

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research

»the urge to exact revenge derives from our desire for cosmic balance, as well as from our attempts to overcome helplessness through displays of power.«

— philosopher martha nussbaum

revenge rights the scales, despite doing nothing to restore what was lost or repair what was damaged

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• anger generally arises from a sense of being wronged and is hostile to understanding, which is why we say »rage is blind«
• anger makes you more confident & obliterates other: 2001 study by j. lerner & d. keltner found that feeling angry makes people as optimistic as feeling happy (about the outcome of a situation)
• political rhetoric suggests that without anger there is no powerful engagement, anger is a sort of gasoline that runs the engine of social change
• anger helps us protect what’s ours — feeling in charge & focussing
• motivates to solve problems — is triggered when we face an obstacle/something that blocks our needs
• can often trigger optimism — geared toward what is attainable, not impossible

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who has the right to be angry?

the right to be angry is masculine — forgiveness is feminine

anger in men: authority, strength

anger in women: hysteria, irrationality

anger in marginalized groups: threatening, dangerous

power dynamics

expressions of rage are a means of exercising control over others & asserting status, a status defined in parts by the right to dominate: parents, bosses, police officers, husbands, …

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anger emerges from three interacting factors:

1. a provocation (the trigger)
2. the interpretation of the provocation
3. the mood at the time

»I don’t get angry …« (no yelling, hitting …) — that means not getting aggressive, not not getting angry — individuals show their anger in many different forms, just like sadness

release anger? study anger? control anger? give permission for anger? make inequality visible? suppress anger even more? express anger early on? condition certain emotions?

many questions and thoughts where this project could and should go 🙂

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how can female anger be translated into measurable physical force? how do societal norms shape the perception and acceptance of this force?

measuring force — »Hau den Lukas«, boxing machine, …

situated between critique and play, I want my project to use humor and exaggeration to make inequalities visible whilst also being food-for-thought. anger is a powerful emotion & I want to work against its bad reputation as solely »negative emotion«.

measuring power (of anger); frustration; showing power dynamics/systematic oppression/how different power is looked at gender-wise

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further steps

• prototyping & testing
• questionnaire/interviews about experiencing anger(suppression) as a woman