”The society will become more equal if fathers start to spend more time at home with their kids.” That’s the way politicians and debaters have been thinking since the sixties. But women and men are not home staying parents on equal terms. This piece shows that even if we move people, the roles prevail.
A tie and an apron hang from the ceiling and contains a clutter of pictures of stereotypical motives, to illustrate the steteotypical roles of woman and man. The two pictogram figures are on wheels and can be driven around by the visitor. The space is divided by a black line on the floor; the part that the tie is hanging in is the "away" space, and the part that is inhabited by the apron is the "home" space.
Once you start moving the figures out of it’s places, it activates sensors that will play noises according to some pre-programmed rules. The intention is that these rules should not be stated in the exhibition, but will become understood by the investigation and participation of the visitor.
