middle ages

A slightly desaturated close-up image of a rocky outcropping with many candles in reds, pastels, and whites, some textured and some not. Some of the the candles are burnt and wax has spread. Behind them, a small circular mirror in an ornate brass frame is visible, and small flat stones are arranged around the candles. A bone resembling a human femur is visible on the left side of the frame on a ceremonial plate, and natural green foliage is visible in the background.

Excerpts from Plague’s Embrace

Audio transcription. Day 3 She was shivering like a baby unwrapped in the wind, adrenaline and espresso in her sweat. I wasn’t allowed fear until later —…

The photo shows an exhibition view of Burlungis from outside. The double doors of the gallery space Galerie im Turm are wide open. Above, the gallery name is lettered in metal on the stone wall. The stage installation by Irene Fernandez Arcas is visible inside.

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BURLUNGIS – the photos

Aye, aye! The gates of BURLUNGIS, our medieval universe and the landscape of our discursive program has closed. Surrounded by mist and mud, it all began as a stage for…

A triptych of three drawings by Hildegard von Bingen with an abstracted red, pink and blue retina laid over top.

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A Body Turned Inside Out

Wounds and orifices are ruptures, openings, portals – bodily zones where our porousness is made gapingly clear. Contents pour in and out of them, entering and exiting for a range…

A black pen line drawing of two women embracing with halos behind their head, in a medieval style. The drawing is superimposed over two skin body parts with light skin pressing against one another horizontally, perhaps arms and torso or legs.

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Daughters of Eve: Sex and Sex Work in Medieval Times

They passed each other in silence. Silence was mandatory in the cold stone corridors of the House. What went on behind closed doors however, such as the heavy oak ones…

A black and white photograph of two people wearing work jumpsuits. One is standing and holding a bottle of sparkling wine, while the other is reaching for it from the right side of the frame. Neither person's head is visible. The table between is laid with food and dirty plates. They are outside in a grassy, possibly forest area.

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A Party in 937 A.D.: The Excerpt

Text and Lettering by Fjóla Gautadóttir Header Image by Jonatan Bak Fjóla Gautadóttir is an Icelandic performer, sound designer, writer and DJ who lives and works in Berlin. She graduated from the…

A collage-style image of a person draped in fabric, offering a fish to a cat holding a detatched penis or dildo in its mouth. The cat and person are white outlines with fine details; the darker areas are see through. In the background, a pink tree with yellow penises in it is on a red, hand-colored textured background. The background behind that is black.

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Xenoestrogens and the Penis Tree

Audio transcription. “How, as it were, they Deprive Man of his Virile Member” 1487 The Malleus Maleficarum, while claiming to only “adduce actual facts and examples…

A color edited image of a clergyperson or other person wearing an ornate robe holding an object. The image is centered on the robe and hand.

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Seven sorrow checks for lucidity in either dreaming or waking states

Sorrow: noun (countable or uncountable) expressing an event, instance, feeling or expression of distress, or verb (transitive or intransitive) expressing the feeling or displaying of distress, caused by loss, disappointment…