Opening: Saturday 28th June, 12 p.m.
A History of Misogyny is a project by the photographer Laia Abril (Barcelona, 1986) which displays a decade of visual research and analyses the systems of the oppression of women in society, showing the non-linear nature of misogynistic policies.
In the first chapter, entitled On Abortion, Laia Abril explores the repercussions of the lack of access to a safe, legal and free abortion: from forced motherhood and physical and psychological harm to imprisonment and even death. Through testimonies of persecution and threats in health services, Catholic confessions and the description of the methods used in clandestine abortions, Abril meticulously constructs a visual, textual and auditory narrative. This installation weaves a complex web of ethical and moral issues which reveals how these systems of control over women’s bodies have been, and continue to be, silenced and kept invisible.
Concept and work: Laia Abril.
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