Did you at any point feel uncomfortable or want to stop? I decided to go one step further and show a woman can decide when and if she wants to be touched. She appeared in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty. I also gave people some rules. When I perform, I never expect anything. I want to say that I'm not a feminist, I see myself as humanist because I think my performances and my messages are for both women and men.
She has an Art Academy background and a master's degree in psychology from University of Bern in Switzerland magna cum laude. Previous works of performance art by Ms Moire include a series of naked selfies at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris and a naked protest against the which took place in the city on New Year's Eve. It was a big difference between Amsterdam and London. She adds: 'Women have a sexuality, just like men have one. The artist has previously performed in Germany and Holland Image: Peterpalm.
In Amsterdam, there were also police — at the end of my performance, they came and asked me what I did, and I explained. So far her performance has taken in Dusseldorf and Amsterdam, but when she took her art to Trafalgar Square, in London, she fell foul of the law. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. So they didn't ask me in that moment anything like that. Before I perform, I am very nervous.
After being released, Moiré called her most recent arrest an example of the lack of unity that has begun to plague Europe. Performance artist Milo Moire had been in London promoting her 'Mirror Box' show - in which she offers members of the public the chance to feel breasts or genitals for thirty seconds. Controversial performer Milo Moire had been travelling Europe for her new 'Mirror Box' show, which is designed to promote women's right to not be touched. Swiss artist has been arrested in London after allowing strangers to stroke her genitals for her latest performance piece. You in Cologne earlier this year as a response to the where.
The people were, I think, a little bit nervous, and only focused on the performance or touching me or giving me feedback. She was fined £750, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a victim surcharge of £75. On previous occasions, the artist's antics have seen her walk around a museum carrying a baby, pose for selfies with tourists in front of the Eiffel Tower, and protesting in Cologne - all while naked. Most women seemed eager and amazed to me. Police told Ms Moiré to put her clothes on and she spent the night in prison in Paris for public indecency. During the show, Ms Moire allowed passers-by over the age of 18 to touch her for thirty seconds. Using a megaphone to attract attention, she would then invite strangers to stick their hands in the box, and fondle either her breasts or vagina for a 30-second period.
Stay tuned to Milk for more performance art shenanigans. In Amsterdam, police were not bothered by her performance—only by the noise coming from her megaphone. Artist Milo Moiré utilises her body as an instrument, even as a weapon, in order to depict and disrupt power structures. Especially early in the morning on the way to work, we work almost automatically, often without awareness of our environment. It is a risk, but it is a risk I am willing to take. For me, that's not powerful.
Did anyone ask you out on a date while touching you? When I did it with the breasts, there were a lot of people. Her first nude performance was in 2007 and she has performed nude ever since in order to provide an authentic and unmediated experience. Moiré is known for performance art pieces include PlopEgg, The Script System No. These everyday blindness I wanted to break through my performance. She adds: 'Women have a sexuality, just like men have one. Women have a sexuality, just like men have one.
Ms Moire told the police warned her she was breaking the law, before arresting her and taking her to court. When you show that a woman has a voice when it comes to sexuality and has rights, I think it's a better way to show that women are not only victims. Performance artist Milo Moiré wears a trapezoidal skirt made up of mirrored surfaces; a rectangular opening at the front is closed off by a red curtain. But there are also people who see the opposite in my performance. There's always a picture that women are victims. I perform in public, so I knew in England, this is normally not allowed, but I hoped that they'd see it as artistic freedom. It was a big range of people.
But in the moment, I feel strong and powerful because I am sure that what I do is, for me, right. Moiré has additionally taken the liberty of showing female desire, thus giving women a sexual voice. I had to pay a 1,300 Euro fine and the cops said what I've done is not art. I was so surprised because I know that my performances polarize people, but many, many women got my message. Before a person came to me to interact, they had to confront all the people around us and the reflections visible in the mirror. She has cited and as particular influences.
It is absurd, gratuitous, trite and desperate. We are no fair game even when we are naked!!! With a megaphone she invites passers-by to reach into the opening for 30 seconds, in order to touch her vagina. In 2016 she performed naked to protest the 2015 New Year Eve sexual attacks in Germany. She aggressively seeks the feminine expression of sexual self-determination and explores the boundaries of art and bourgeois morality. She was fined £750, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a victim surcharge of £75. The first detectives who interviewed me were women and they said they understood. In the other two cities, she used two, one covering her breasts and another over her vagina.