Petra Tuns - Visual Artist


Muliebral “I made you, I can destroy you,” was a phrase my mother would say to me when I was a little girl. It was an expression I heard so often, it became easy to disregard. However, it’s impact now on how I understand what it is to be a woman is apparent. Muliebral, Latin for womanhood, is a representation of my personal dread of becoming a woman. In these images I engage in womanly rites like giving birth. Only I give rise to myself, a parasite taking away from my body, symbolizing a fear of my insides. Muliebral is an exploration of concepts related to the female body and depictions of it.

Muliebral

“I made you, I can destroy you,”

was a phrase my mother would say to me when I was a little girl. It was an expression I heard so often, it became easy to disregard. However, it’s impact now on how I understand what it is to be a woman is apparent. Muliebral, Latin for womanhood, is a representation of my personal dread of becoming a woman. In these images I engage in womanly rites like giving birth. Only I give rise to myself, a parasite taking away from my body, symbolizing a fear of my insides. Muliebral is an exploration of concepts related to the female body and depictions of it.