For some time now, Dominique Hurth has been investigating female Nazi perpetrators and in particular the figure of the female concentration camp guard. In doing so, she examines
and scrutinises the representation of female Nazi perpetrators and their stereotyping from the post-war period until today.
Her research is based on an object, the uniform of a female concentration camp guard, which is kept in the collection of the Ravensbrück Memorial (Fürstenberg/Havel).
In a series of installations, readings and textile experiments (weaving and dyeing), Hurth interweaves research, images and texts,
which she has collected over the past few years during numerous visits to memorial sites, state archives, military collections, costume and theatre depots in order to take a closer look at the textile history, production and object biography of the uniform and to shed light on the ideas of forced labour, violence and gender representation contained therein.
and scrutinises the representation of female Nazi perpetrators and their stereotyping from the post-war period until today.
Her research is based on an object, the uniform of a female concentration camp guard, which is kept in the collection of the Ravensbrück Memorial (Fürstenberg/Havel).
In a series of installations, readings and textile experiments (weaving and dyeing), Hurth interweaves research, images and texts,
which she has collected over the past few years during numerous visits to memorial sites, state archives, military collections, costume and theatre depots in order to take a closer look at the textile history, production and object biography of the uniform and to shed light on the ideas of forced labour, violence and gender representation contained therein.
„Private Handbags may not be carried to the field.“
Notes on the Aufseherin Uniform
2022-24
hand-dye drill (birch and nessel, each 400 x
500cm), Riso prints on Favini: Shiro Echo 120, C-Prints (dimension variable); Digital Print on DIN A0, ropes and clips
Produced thanks to the Berlin Artistic Research Programme, Institut Français Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Installation shots:
Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy (June 2024);
Galerie Bernau, Bernau bei Berlin, Germany (August 2024; exhibition together with Susanne Kriemann)
Notes on the Aufseherin Uniform
2022-24
hand-dye drill (birch and nessel, each 400 x
500cm), Riso prints on Favini: Shiro Echo 120, C-Prints (dimension variable); Digital Print on DIN A0, ropes and clips
Produced thanks to the Berlin Artistic Research Programme, Institut Français Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Installation shots:
Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy (June 2024);
Galerie Bernau, Bernau bei Berlin, Germany (August 2024; exhibition together with Susanne Kriemann)
