Morte da Vénus by Sofia Noronha
Offset Mono Grotesk and Slanted by Giuseppe Tangaro, used together with FK Grotesk by Florian Karsten, for Morte da Vénus (“Death of Venus”), a zine realized by Sofia Noronha.
The Rife Magazine open call lead me to a new challenge where I had to question my role in society as a woman and as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Trying to figure out why women normalize harassment questioning structural sexism in society I came up with this project that aims to visually explore women in the “modern” world.
Morte da Vénus is an experimental zine that shows my personal experience as a Portuguese woman living in a time where the far-right side of Portugal takes a toll on our daily life inciting sexism and homophobia. The project is based on Botticelli’s painting The Birth of Venus and comes up as result of a deconstruction, questioning the role of women in society and readapting the Renaissance painting to the current values using elements from Botticelli’s work such as flowers, fabric, shells, water and Venus, the woman herself. The zine adapts to a “do not disturb” door handle and the written content corresponds to some sexist and homophobic comments I found online as well as a few ideas from the far-right parties in Portugal, disturbing ones.
Sexism is not ok, homophobia is not ok. We do not live in a bubble and we need to learn and respect one another and stop raising scared women.
