PORTRAITS THAT USE MATERIALITY TO EXPRESS IDENTITY
Audrey Zschüschen enthusiastically practices Muay Thai (Thai
boxing). In this martial arts form, fists, elbows, knees, and legs
are used as lethal weapons. Her Thai boxing group includes
members with a wide range of ages, ambitions, and backgrounds.
Zschüschen has demonstrated in Tjakai in Portret the
diversity in members by creating portraits in imitation leather and
embroidery thread: the materials used to create punch bags,
kicking bags, boxing gloves, and shinguards.