Women Knocking Out Carpets

Overview

"Gentle Women" refer to the carpet as a phenomenon of Soviet and post-Soviet household culture. What functions and symbols are now endowed with an object that previously testified to the prosperity and well-being of the owner? What is the carpet for? For beauty and warmth, or to hide flaws and hide flaws? Repeating seemingly simple everyday actions in the frame, the participants of the performances create new rituals that appeal to collective and personal memory.