“In 1972, an exposure was created about which one spoke much: “Womanhouse”. Under the direction of Miriam Shapiro and Judy Chicago which became major figures of feminist art in the Seventies and Eighties (…), twenty-four women (whose Faith Wilding) arranged a house in Los Angeles. Space domestic becoming space of exposure, the distinction between public and private disappeared and conventions governing the representation flew in glares; the bathroom and the doll's house became spaces of exposure “appropriate” to feminist art. “Womanhouse” encensait what was regarded as commonplace: the beauty products, the tampons, the household linen, the shower caps and the underclothing became highly artistic materials. All the media were interested in it, by often carrying out reports with feeling; the exposure brought the proof that feminist art had a public many and impassioned” Peggy Phelan, Art and Feminism, ED. Phaidon.
Womanhouse is a documentary extraordinary history on one of the feminist cultural events most important of the Seventies in the United States. It is not limited to being the witness of several famous performances such Waiting (Waiting) of Faith Wilding or Cock and cunt play (the part of the cock and the she-cat) of Judy Chicago, as well as various parts of the exposure-house Nurturant Kitchen (feeder Kitchen), Menstruation Bathroom (the bathroom of the rules), Nightmare Bathroom (the bathroom of the nightmares) or of the installation Linen Closet (Wall cupboard with linen), but also recalls the workshops of collective awakenings, the interactions with the public, and all the energy of this time. KQ&AI (distribution: le peuple qui manque)