Do you know an artist named
Niki de Saint Phalle? She has produced in a series of
female sculptures named Nana- a pregnant woman, a bride,
a prostitute, a witch.....and so on.
Her works are popular among feminists in Japan. For IWD
1998, inspired by Niki's works, we made our own wymyn's
statue with many wishes for wymyn's future written on her
body.
It was called "NANA PROJECT".
Here in Nagoya, there happens to be an advertising figure
called Nana-chan Ningyo(Nana doll) in front of Nagoya
station. Therefore, we adopted "WYMYN" as the
name of our figure in order not to be confused with the
other image of the same name.
Our "WYMYN"'s body was feminist purple and her
hair orange and golden, shining like the sun. Women
worked through the nights to give birth to her, coming
from a distance they joined the IWD on that day, and took
the lead in the parade.
We marched through the main streets of Sakae with our
"WYMYN", symbol of our hope.
Lisa Ginty was our project coordinator, here's what she
has to say about this experiece.
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