{"id":3890,"date":"2026-03-24T17:49:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artfile.es\/2026\/ensayo-7-marianne-wexs-lets-take-back-our-space-a-case-study\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:33:51","slug":"ensayo-7-marianne-wexs-lets-take-back-our-space-a-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artfile.es\/en\/2026\/ensayo-7-marianne-wexs-lets-take-back-our-space-a-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensayo 7: Marianne Wex\u2019s \u2018LET\u2019S TAKE BACK OUR SPACE\u2019, a Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The German artist Marianne Wex earned a degree in Fine Arts and subsequently taught typography for several years at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HfbK). Her best-known work, the research project and book Let\u2019s Get Back Our Space \u2013 \u2018Female\u2019 and \u2018Male\u2019 Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures<\/em> (Frauenliteraturverlag Hemine Fees, 1979), is in fact her final thesis project. For this reason, I thought it appropriate to choose this project as the topic for a talk in the context of the first edition of Ex Libris \u2013 Independent Book Fair, which took place at the School\u2019s Expanded Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ensayo 7<\/em> is a small fanzine that I produced for the talk. It functions as a six-page publication when folded, and as a poster featuring the cover of Wex\u2019s book when opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The <\/strong>Ensayos<\/em><\/strong> series was launched in late 2021, coinciding with the start of a wide-ranging research project aimed at redefining\u2014from a feminist and, to the extent possible, decolonial perspective\u2014the canon that historiography has established for the artist\u2019s book genre. The aim of this series is to present partial research findings in a variety of printed formats. While disseminating information and content, the publications in the series experiment with alternative formats to the channels through which academic research is usually disseminated.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hamburg: self-published, December 2024
Concept, text, photographs: Mela D\u00e1vila Freire
Graphic design: Laura Meseguer, Barcelona
B\/W photocopy
42 x 27.9 cm (open), 10.5 x 15 cm (closed), poster + 6 pp
Printed at Druckwelten, Hamburg
1st edition: 100 copies.
Text in English
Distributed during the Ex Libris fair (HfbK) and by mail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The German artist Marianne Wex earned a degree in Fine Arts and subsequently taught typography for several years at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HfbK). Her best-known work, the research project and book Let\u2019s Get Back Our Space \u2013 \u2018Female\u2019 and \u2018Male\u2019 Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures (Frauenliteraturverlag Hemine Fees, 1979), … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[62,48,60],"class_list":["post-3890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-self-publishing","tag-ensayos-series","tag-artists-publications","tag-women-artists"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t