Katharina Cibulka

Katharina Cibulka (born 1975) is an Austrian feminist artist,[1] filmmaker and photographer[4] whose work addresses gender-based inequity and power structures through public art projects such as her series of installations "SOLANGE" (German for "as long as").

For her SOLANGE installations, Cibulka covers scaffolding at construction sites with monumental cross-stitch messages in bright pink tulle on white mesh fabric, following the pattern "As long as ...

[10] On the protective covering of the scaffolding at construction sites, Cibulka writes monumental messages in cross-stitch using pink tulle on white mesh.

[18] On 4 May 2021, the message "As long as the hope we spread is stronger than the fear we face, I will be a feminist" in Ljubljana, the capitol of Slovenia, was partially destroyed by vandals.

[21] The City Art Gallery of Ljubljana requested that the damaged work continue to be displayed "as a mirror to all of us, reminding us where we’re heading as a society and how much fear is still present among us".

[16] Cibulka's first installation in the United States, part of the SOLANGE series, covers the north-facing façade of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.[1][5] It carries the message (in English) "As long as generations change but our struggles stay the same, I will be a feminist.