INSTITUTIONAL WIDOWHOOD2

INSTITUTIONAL WIDOWHOOD

2022. 12_ Book design, video

The project aims to reflect the hard life of left-behind women in rural areas in a visual way, calling for attention to their physical and mental health.
Due to the large number of young and middle-aged farmers working in cities, a large backward group of women, children and the elderly has been formed in rural areas, and the status of these backward left-behind women is also known as "institutional widowhood". They have taken on many tasks for the family, but they have not been recognized for their dedication.
Therefore, I used a calendar to show the housework done by the left-behind women at different times of the day. Each page represents a time period. Every time a page is torn off, it represents the completion of this task and the passage of time in their lives. And choose orange wall tiles as the background wall. In addition, I also made a book about some "folk remedies" that they would use in their daily lives.
Through this product, I hope that the efforts and patience of these women can get the attention of the society, and get their due social status.

这个项目是在视觉化农村留守妇女的艰辛生活和呼吁大家关注她们的身心健康。
由于青壮年农民大规模进城务工，在农村地区形成了一个以妇女/儿童和老人为主体的庞大的落后群体，这些落后的留守妇女状态也被称为“体制性守寡”。她们承担了家庭的很多任务，但是大家却没有对她们的付出给予认可。
因此我用日历的形式，来展现留守妇女这一天中不同时间段所做的家务活。每一页都代表一个时间段。每撕掉一页纸，都代表这一个任务的完成，也代表了她们人生中时间的流逝。并且选择橘色的墙砖作为背景墙。另外，我将她们日常生活中会用到的一些“民间土偏方”也制作成一本书。
通过这套产出，我希望让她们的付出和隐忍，可以得到社会的关注，并得到自己应有的社会地位。

In farming, they have to independently undertake farm work that exceeds their physical strength, which is easily consumed by their bodies. But in order to save money, left-behind women do not go to the hospital for treatment, but choose to take care of themselves at home. I made a pathology book. Insert a rectangular card in the middle of each disease to tell you how to treat the disease. This is to expose the negligence of left-behind women on their own bodies, and satirize the ignorance of backward rural women in science.

在农忙时，她们要独立承担超出体力的农活，很容易消耗身体。但为了省钱，留守妇女不去医院治疗，而是选择在家里照顾自己。我做了一个病理本。在每种疾病的中间插入一张长方形的卡片，告诉留守妇女如何治疗这种疾病。这是为了揭露留守妇女在科学知识方面的匮乏，讽刺高度发展的现代社会下对留守妇女对忽视。

During the investigation, I carefully observed the living environment of left-behind women and found that people still choose "calendar" to record dates. So I locked this calendar to expand my visual output. I use the calendar to show the housework that Yao Jinyu does at different times of the day. Each page represents a time period. Every time a page is torn off, it represents the completion of this task and the passage of time in their lives. Hope this can reflect the sorrow of left-behind women. And choose their life scene as the shooting background.

在调查过程中，我仔细观察了留守妇女的生活环境，发现人们仍然选择 "日历 "来记录日期。于是，我锁定了这个日历来扩大我的视觉输出。我用日历来展示姚金玉在一天中不同时间段所做的家务。每一页代表一个时间段。每撕下一页，都代表着这项工作的完成和生命中时间的流逝。并选择她们的生活场景作为拍摄背景，希望以此反映留守妇女的辛酸。