The Red Boat

A social art project and exhibition by the Südtiroler Künstlerbund and the association Erlebnis Pragser Wildsee, in cooperation with the Provincial Advisory Board for Equal Opportunities.

The postcard-like idyll of the striking natural setting of Lake Braies is charged by a boat floating on the water. The signal-red object stands as a memorial against violence towards women. Through their interventions around this powerful symbol, 18 artists express their solidarity and call for shared social, societal, and political responsibility to support and protect women.

The proceeds from the 18-piece set of art postcards (edition of 1,500) will be donated in full to a victim of violence.

Participating artists:

Gino Alberti + Katrin Böge, AliPaloma, Julia Bornefeld, Wil-ma Kammerer, Ingrid Klauser, Brigitte Knapp, Hubert Kostner, Sophie Lazari, Katharina Theresa Mayr, Sissa Micheli + Thomas Riess, Indra Moroder, Elisabeth Oberrauch + Simone Oberrauch + Massimo Bertinelli, Laura Pan in collaboration with Valeria Befani and Silvia Quatrocchi, Lissy Pernthaler, Petra Polli + Giancarlo Lamonaca, Sylvie Riant, Werner Seidl, Matthias Schönweger

The young artist Indra Moroder was awarded the prize “Red Boat – Against Violence Towards Women.”

In the autobiographical performance Floating Angel, the artist presents herself as the shadow of her former self on the boat while releasing a floating angel into the water. “Angels have no blood; they consist of a substance reminiscent of liquid light.” The body of the female-connoted textile figure is painted with flowing colours. The work stands metaphorically for rebirth, closeness to the victims, and offers hope.

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