(M)other work: feminist maternal performance art

Unrestricted Feminist maternal public performance art connects maternal labor to other forms of invisible maintenance and domestic work in the public domain. Through performance-based practices, the artists discussed in this thesis reveal the crucial, albeit undervalued, labor that maintains and upholds society and the public domain, and the critical role that mothers can play in framing and giving value and voice to this work. Through intergenerational, comparative analysis of 1960s/70s and contemporary feminist maternal performance art, this thesis considers the works of Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Léa Lublin, Mako Idemitsu Mother Art, Lena Simic, Elzbieta Jablonska and Maria Adela Diaz. Their practices serve as a tool through which to challenge the institutionally, culturally and socially prescribed role of motherhood to create a valuable, theoretical maternal voice.

无边界女权主义母性公共行为艺术将母性劳动与公共领域内其他形式的隐性维护劳动及家务劳动相联结。本论文所探讨的艺术家们，通过基于行为艺术的实践路径，揭示了维系并支撑社会与公共领域、虽未被充分重视却至关重要的劳动，以及母亲群体在为这类劳动构建话语框架、赋予价值与发声方面所能发挥的关键作用。本论文通过对20世纪60至70年代与当代女权主义母性行为艺术的代际比较分析，探讨了米尔勒·拉迪曼·尤克尔斯（Mierle Laderman Ukeles）、莱亚·吕布兰（Léa Lublin）、池松真子母性艺术（Mako Idemitsu Mother Art）、莉娜·西米奇（Lena Simic）、埃尔齐贝塔·雅布隆斯卡（Elzbieta Jablonska）以及玛丽亚·阿德拉·迪亚斯（Maria Adela Diaz）的创作作品。这些创作实践作为一种媒介，用以挑战制度、文化与社会层面所预设的母亲角色，进而构建出兼具理论深度与价值的母性话语发声。