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Spilling Something, 2024 - video stills

In Spilling Something centers the lace collar from a historical instrument of female discipline into a visual symbol of defiance. Within this performative video work the pristine garment functions as a somatic apparatus of patriarchal control semiotically loaded with bourgeois ideals of domestic perfection. Purity and behavioral restraint come to mind as the viewer is confronted with uncontrollable organic and chromatically intense fluids. In contrast to the white lace, the resulting stain serves as a deliberate deconstruction of the patriarchal façade. This calculated defilement is an emancipatory act that permanently destabilizes the established visual and social order.
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Alex

Anna Veronika

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Augusta

Annika

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Jana

Jule

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Lisa

Lena

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Lotta

Lynn

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Maria

Marina

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Sophia Süssmilch

Sophia

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Rosa

© Kirsten Becken 2026 

Spilling Something, 2024 - video stills

In Spilling Something centers the lace collar from a historical instrument of female discipline into a visual symbol of defiance. Within this performative video work the pristine garment functions as a somatic apparatus of patriarchal control semiotically loaded with bourgeois ideals of domestic perfection. Purity and behavioral restraint come to mind as the viewer is confronted with uncontrollable organic and chromatically intense fluids. In contrast to the white lace, the resulting stain serves as a deliberate deconstruction of the patriarchal façade. This calculated defilement is an emancipatory act that permanently destabilizes the established visual and social order.
KIRSTEN BECKEN
KIRSTEN BECKEN

Alex

KIRSTEN BECKEN
KIRSTEN BECKEN

Anna Veronika

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Augusta

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Annika

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Jule

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Jana

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Lena

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Lisa

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Lotta

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Lynn

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Maria

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Marina

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Sophia Süssmilch

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Sophia

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KIRSTEN BECKEN

Rosa

© Kirsten Becken 2026