Kehren und Zurückkehren

Body as a Broom explores the body as both subject and object—a vessel of memory and transformation. The figure becomes a natural broom, sweeping away remnants of the past and rigid social expectations. The act is not just domestic—it is ceremonial, rebellious, healing.

From the back, the body merges with the broom: a fusion of human and tool, dark, symbolizing burden, monotony, the weight of imposed roles—especially those placed on women. The spine becomes the broomstick, the body becomes labor. This visual silence from behind speaks of history, conformity, and invisibility.

The front, in contrast, bursts with yellow light—symbol of renewal, clarity, and inner fire. Scattered across the ground are intimate remnants: old photographs, torn pages from books, a Bible, a rosary—representing memory, tradition, faith, identity. These objects evoke what was inherited, what shaped the self, what is being questioned or released. There's blur representing the movement of sweeping.

"My Body as a Broom" is about sweeping not just dust, but the inherited narratives that no longer serve. It's about reclaiming the body as a space of light, agency, and forward movement.