Ambra Reijnen

A visual essay on the female body as a socially constructed discourse, Infinite Galatea showcases the model for man's experiments in privilege and power through time. From Greek mythology to Victorian gynecology to current AI technology, this is how gender, sexuality and desire have been ideologically shaped to fit a male fantasy.

Victoria is a young indigenous woman who faces several problems to survive in a disadvantaged Mayan community in Chiapas, Mexico, where misogynistic beliefs are normal. She challenges stereotypes leading an all-female collective that allows women to have economic resources around the old traditions.