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www.BillthePatriarchy.com
Apr 9, 2018
www.BillthePatriarchy.com
Apr 9, 2018

On International Women's Day, Maciesz launched the billthepatriarchy.com website. It enables caregivers to calculate how many hours of unpaid labor they do every year and receive an itemized invoice with their lost wages via email. The average self-reported salary on the quiz is $ 140,000 a year and over 3,000 people logged almost $500,000 million in lost wages.

Apr 9, 2018
Fax the Patriarchy
Dec 10, 2017
Fax the Patriarchy
Dec 10, 2017

In this performance the artist defies the isolation and invisibility of a stay at home mom by publicly demanding pay for her work as a mother. In 2017 she faxed every member of both chambers of congress her time sheets and invoices for her first year of motherhood asking that all unpaid caregivers be seen and valued in policy decisions. Every two week she painted her time sheets and invoices and faxed them.

Dec 10, 2017
Keeping Time
Apr 10, 2017
Keeping Time
Apr 10, 2017

Keeping Time is a collaborative performance between mother and son. The artist keeps track of her newborn son's actions throughout the day with different strokes of her paintbrush. Each line of painting is one hour of time, and is available for purchase at the cost of the Oakland minimum wage of $12.10. 

Apr 10, 2017
Mom Body
Jun 8, 2017
Mom Body
Jun 8, 2017

This series of watercolor paintings depicts the changing postpartum body of the artist. Created in tandem with a series of Parent Poems, this work explores the overlooked aspects of early parenthood. 

Jun 8, 2017
Parent Poems
Dec 10, 2017
Parent Poems
Dec 10, 2017

This collection of poems documents pregnancy and early parenthood.  Created in tandem with Mom Body, Keeping Time and Invoice the Patriarchy, these poems articulate the rewards and challenges of parenthood. 

Dec 10, 2017