MATERNAL FANTASIES is an interdisciplinary group of international artists and cultural producers based in Berlin. They shape the discourse on motherhood through collective artistic processes while enhancing the visibility of contemporary feminist positions addressing motherhood(s) in the arts. From writing autobiographical responses to classic feminist texts to devising performances using children’s games, their art practice favours inclusive community-oriented experiments as alternatives to traditional structures of art production. Bridging theory and practice, their strategy transforms research on motherhood(s), care work and representation in the arts into frameworks for immersive modes of critique.
MATERNAL FANTASIES are Clementine Butler-Gallie, Lena Chen, Mikala Hyldig Dal, Magdalena Kallenberger, Hanne Klaas, Maicyra Leao, Aino El Solh and Isabell Spengler.
MATERNAL FANTASIES are recipients of the Artist Advancement Award 2019/20 of the Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung. In 2023 they received the IMPACT funding, from Berlin Senate, intended to promote the development of diversity in Berlin's independent arts scene.
more on MATERNAL FANTASIES:
Book Review // Re-Assembling Motherhood(s): On Radical Care and Collective Art as Feminist Practices // by Maxa Zoller // Art Monthly, No. 453, February 2022.
Review // Other Artists, von Marcia Breuer: MATERNAL FANTASIES // https://other-writers.de/2021/02/16/other-artists-maternal-fantasies/
Interview // Three Questions to MATERNAL FANTASIES by Dr. Katharina Koch // alpha nova galerie futura // https://www.galeriefutura.de/maternal-fantasies-love-and-labor-intimacy-and-isolation-care-and-survival-2020/
Artist talk // Dear Mother, Exhibition // On motherhood, motherland, and migration // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2URg_uLwXSE
Artist Talk // FANTASTIC FUTURES – Filme zu Fürsorge und Kollektivität. MATERNAL FANTASIES (Isabell Spengler, Maicyra Leão, Magdalena Kallenberger) im Gespräch mit Sascia Bailer (künstlerische Leitung M.1 Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung 2019/20) // https://vimeo.com/530269334
Statement zum NKN Tag // Isabell Spengler (MATERNAL FANTASIES) // https://vimeo.com/556614771