dutch design week, 17-25 oktober 2026 eindhoven

The Body of the Crime

Hosted by Susie Itandehui Heuberger

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This project is part of
Mehrbettzimmer Eindhoven

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Dogs are allowed
Free wifi available
Toilets available
Fully wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair friendly toilet available

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The female body - especially that of indigenous, poor and racialised women - has become a battleground where the power logics of patriarchy, the state and capital intersect. ‘The Body of Crime’, is a category that accuses and makes visible how certain bodies have been historically criminalized.

How it Started

Diese Arbeit begann als eine Untersuchung von Gewalt gegen Frauen – ihre Ursachen, ihre Formen, ihre Folgen.
Während meiner Recherche stieß ich immer wieder auf denselben Punkt: den Körper.
Der weibliche Körper wird konstant als Objekt der Gefahr, der Begierde, der Besetzung, der Eroberung, der Versuchung betrachtet.
Dieses Bild – ursprünglich europäischer Herkunft – hat sich durch die katholische Kirche, das Patriarchat und die Folgen von Kolonialismus und Kapitalismus weltweit als Status quo verbreitet und wirkt bis heute nach.

A new view

As a Mexican-German woman, I always ask myself whether there is an empathic way to look at bodies - that is, people.
Ourselves and others. In a world that is becoming increasingly divided, violent and dangerous.
A way of looking that is not based on the prejudices that have been imposed on us and that continue to influence our lives.
Abya Yala's communal feminisms propose understanding the body as the first territory - a living extension of the physical, spiritual and political space we inhabit.
Mayan Xinka feminist Lorena Cabnal says: ‘The body is the first territory of colonisation - but also the first territory of liberation.’
This perspective links the expropriation of land with that of the body: both are occupied, exploited and violated.

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Mucho Amor
Mucho Amor
Nicolas Berkenheide

By

Susie Itandehui Heuberger

Hosted by

Metlery x HiSchmuck
sue_heuberger@hotmail.com
017652178721
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