Reneé Gasser
Born in Olten, Switzerland in 1960.
Biography
Steingutstrasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
I am the daughter of working parents who have little time for their five children
Mühlentalstrasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 9, I have my first period and hide this fact during five years from my parents
Rheinhardstrasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 15, I am raped by a man who hits me and threatens me
Unterstadt, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 15, I do not suspect my pregnancy
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 16, my unwanted child dies
Merkurstrasse, Winterthur, Switzerland
At age 17, I use my mother’s tranquillisers
Parkstrasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 18, I cut and burn my body and drink alcohol
Geissbergstrasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 19, my suicide attempt fails
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 19, I feel safe in the comfort of my shared life with my beloved wife
Hochstrasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 19, I drink excessive amounts of alcohol
Rietstrasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 24, I am being asked too much in my role as a mother
Bahnhofstrasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 31, I divorce the father of my second child and am sober
Feldbergstraße, Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany
At age 36, I am independent, and secretly drink
Neustadt, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 40, my boyfriend is dependent on drugs and on me
Zentralstrasse, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland
At age 41, my boyfriend rapes and abuses me every day
Zentralstrasse, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland
At age 41, I drink and my boyfriend gives me cocaine without me knowing
Nordstrasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 41, I am submitted to enforced psychiatric treatment after a nervous breakdown
Fulachstrasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 42, I snort heroine, drink continuously, and no longer defend myself against being raped and abused
Herrenacker, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 42, I am convicted for the illegal possession of guns, after my boyfriend has shot at me
Ringkengässchen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
At age 43, in a state of apathy and self-neglect, I allow my boyfriend to terrorise and blackmail me, use heroine and cocaine, and deal in drugs
Von Erlachweg, Hindelbank, Switzerland
At age 45, I live in agony, am arrested, convicted, and endure my punishment
Related spaces
The conceptual architecture of TBDWBAJ is based on the investigation of various social spaces, isolated space, cultural space, public space and virtual space. Each of these rooms describes a phase of the project and takes on a different perspective.