Kosovo 2024
Kastrati’s project brings into public view women’s narratives, who work at the margins of society.
Title: The Echoing Silences of Metal and Skin
Commissioner: Hana Halilaj
Curator: Erëmirë Krasniqi
Artist: Doruntina Kastrati
The sculptural installation “The Echoing Silences of Metal and Skin“, which addresses feminized labor and workplace inequality.
Investigating the joint deindustrialization of the economy and deregulation of the labor market, Doruntina Kastrati encounters the (im)material forms of precarious employment in light industries in the aftermath of the 1999 Kosovo War, a period marked by a radical and abrupt transition from a socialist to free-market system.
Partaking in wage labor has granted women a measure of financial independence and social enfranchisement. Alas, far from being emancipatory, the feminization of labor in industries like food production has perpetuated traditional gender roles. Further, since such jobs offer dim prospects for upward mobility, this development has rendered women economically vulnerable and pushed them to the political margins.
OPENING TIMES: Wed – Mon 11am – 5pm
CLOSING DAY: Tue
ADDRESS
Museo Storico Navale della Marina Militare, Riva S. Biasio, 2148, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
