EVA & ADELE: Over the Boundaries of Gender

The avant-garde artistic duo, EVA & ADELE, are renowned for challenging conventional notions of gender and identity, embodying the mantra “Wherever we are is museum.” Their iconic “Polaroid Diary,” comprising 1,504 daily portraits taken between 1991 and 2005, serves as a testament to their commitment to self-expression and reflection. Through their work, they advocate for a future where gender identity is fluid, playful, and free from past sufferings.

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In conversation with DSCENE Magazine‘s editor Pavle Banovic, they open up about their life-long performance that seamlessly merges art and existence. Since their transformative appearance as two brides in the 1991 performance “Hochzeit Metropolis,” they have devoted themselves to living art, dissolving the boundaries between their personal lives and artistic practice. They discuss the significance of fantasy in their lives, their concept of “Futuring,” and the inspirations that fuel their creativity. From their belief in magic to their thoughts on new biographical sculptures, EVA & ADELE invite us into their world, a place where art knows no boundaries and individuality is celebrated in its purest form.

Your work often blurs the boundaries between life and art, with your public appearances becoming part of your artistic practice. Do you ever get tired of it or do you live for this performance? – With our performance ‘Hochzeit Metropolis April 11, 1991’ as two brides, we decided to invent our lives or transform our lives into a performance, to give up the single hero and put all our artistic strength into EVA & ADELE. Sometimes we are tired, but we never ever get tired of performing EVA & ADELE. We love it, and we believe in our work. The spreading of our image is a conceptual work. Our image stands for the freedom of gender identity – over the boundaries of gender.

WHEREVER WE ARE IS MUSEUM!

In your “Polaroid Diary” series, you documented yourselves daily for over a decade. How does this series influence your identity and self-perception? – 1,504 Polaroids from 1991–2005 may be the affirmation of the world and self/double-self through an artwork. Always the first portrait of the day. The faces are the place of reflection and the place of communication. WHEREVER WE ARE IS MUSEUM!

 

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You often play with gender and describe yourselves as beyond gender. How do you see society’s ideas of gender and its expression changing in the future? – We believe that our work helps to change society. Gender identity will be more playful and more beautiful; the time of suffering is over.

How important is the element of fantasy in your life and work? – The power of fantasy is extremely important in our life and work, and we hope to inspire the world to love fantasy.

Your concept of “Futuring” is a central theme in your work. How would you explain this? – We never explain art; we ask for fantasy.

Do you enjoy fairy tales, and do you have a favorite one? – ‘Nils Holgersson’ – flying with the birds is wonderful imagination.

What recent books, movies, or other media have inspired you? – Kim de l’Horizon’s ‘Blutbuch’

We believe that our work helps to change society. Gender identity will be more playful and more beautiful; the time of suffering is over.

Do you have any new topics or ideas that you are researching? What have you been thinking about lately? – We think about new BIOGRAPHICAL SCULPTURES.

Do you believe in magic? – Absolutely and forever.

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