mein fleisch und blut ist leider linientreumy flesh and blood is unfortunately loyal to the line
2024
©Julie Matthées
INSTALLATION
2024
video (10 min) & print on mesh (2x1,50m)
My film is an autobiographical work that examines the relationship between mother and child in the context of a changed worldview in recent years. It consists of messages that my mother has sent me over the past four years in an attempt to “enlighten” me. The content of these messages often consists of articles and her opinions on specific global political and social events that she believes are not accurately portrayed by the so-called “mainstream” media. So she sends me other sources. However, I do not want to focus on the specific sources in my work, but rather on how my mother‘s immersion in a world of fake news, poorly researched and sometimes misanthropic articles has affected our relationship. I discuss how fear of the unknown and polarization in society, especially in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, have changed people. In addition, I deal with the loss of security that has developed between my mother and me and the frustration of not being heard honestly by the other person.