Playground

Exceptional women, such as the strapping Heather Foster and the sizeable Queen Raqui, become absurd characters in the colourful films of the artist Mika Rottenberg (°1976) – striking women who use their bodies as production machines. Rottenberg shows working processes in which physical waste materials such as sweat, blood, hair, nails or tears sometimes combine with salad or makeup to produce new products in loops consisting of series of rather enigmatic scenes. Rottenberg is a visual storyteller. She presents her humorous and slightly critical films in complex installations. These ‘viewing machines’, which consist partly of her film decors, ensure that the viewer also has a physical relationship with the work. Through 7 installations M shows an overview of Mika Rottenberg’s work.