The Feminism Machine consists of various multifunctional devices that serve as musical instruments, installations, toys for audiences, or objects for handbags, pockets, or key rings. They function as feminist discourse machines that challenge patriarchal chains of argumentation. We feminists are tired of responding to the same accusations over and over again, like a perpetual motion machine of feminist argumentation. To make this painful but necessary work more enjoyable, we are handing over this discussion to various devices and machines in which these lines of argumentation have already been worked through. This relieves us of the burden of constant repetition and yet creates an eloquent, joyful, precisely argued presence, an elegant, glamorous counterpart to the patriarchal machinery. | starsky

A sentence can stick in your mind. It can take root, provoke, and set something in motion. It contradicts, interrupts, and connects with others. The Feminism Machine is a collection of such sentences and statements, built into devices that rattle, drone, and scream. They are toys, instruments, and disturbances all at once, and a rejection of the tiresome repetition of patriarchal arguments. In a participatory act, you can activate the machine and rub the colorful knobs, press the golden buttons, and stroke the crocheted genitals. These sensual devices take up the feminist struggle—an acoustic intervention that claims space, demands participation, and offers resistance. Loud, confrontational, and with a lot of humor.

starsky works with very precise and direct texts that leave little room for misinterpretation. These texts are understood, they provoke and irritate. She takes back words and writes against structures. In this way, she amplifies voices that would otherwise be overlooked. | Tina Kult