Mythen

Time accumulates. Structures give rise to new structures and persist until they are actively interrupted. Patriarchal Myths revisits ancient myths from a contemporary perspective, examining the patriarchal structures embedded within them.


Titel: Aphrodites Geburt in der Tiefsee (The Birth of Aphrodite in the Deep Sea)

Material: Sand, oyster shells, and paint on canvas
67 x 67 cm
The work revisits the myth of Aphrodite’s birth. While the myth ultimately traces her origin back to Uranus, this variation relocates her birth to the deep sea—a space I understand as autonomous and largely untouched. The work imagines a birth independent of the patriarchal origin embedded in the traditional narrative.

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Aus dem Schaum geboren (Born from the Foam), 2025

Sand, stone, oyster shell, and paint on canvas

90 cm x 130 cm

The work refers to the birth of Aphrodite from sea foam, while questioning the patriarchal structure of the myth in which her birth is triggered by the severed genitals of Uranus falling into the sea. The foam itself remains absent; instead, birth is evoked through material and color.

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Der Moment, als Daedalus die Achtsamkeit der elterlichen Aufsichtspflicht verloren ging (The Moment When Daedalus Lost Sight of His Parental Duty of Care), 2025

Sand, basalt, wire, coin and paint on canvas

21.1 x 17.7 x 1.5 in.

The work questions the patriarchal framing of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus. Rather than placing responsibility on Icarus for flying too close to the sun, it shifts attention to the father who devised an extraordinarily dangerous means of escape. This shift in perspective changes not only the reading of the story, but also the chain of actions through which its outcome is understood.

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Karya

Sand, Walnuts, Colour paint on canvas

20 x 30 cm

In the myth of Karya, Dionysus falls in love with her. When her two sisters interfere, he punishes them by turning them into rocks. Karya herself is transformed into a walnut tree. In another version, she first dies of grief over her sisters’ fate. In both accounts, the three women ultimately lose control over their own bodies through the actions of a male deity. The work questions this exercise of power and examines how patriarchal structures are perpetuated through mythological narratives.

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Titel: Rouse thee now, stranger, to go to thy rest; thy bed is made.

Material: Sand, Erde,  Papier, Farbe auf Leinwand
80 × 60 cm.
The work interprets the Homeric scene as a counterpoint to a history of patriarchal power, in which political order has often been maintained through violence. Arete embodies an alternative exercise of authority, one defined not by domination, but by judgment, hospitality, and the protection of others.
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