the notion of love (boundless, fluid, unconditionally) and the notion of marriage (restricted, solid, and loaded with conditions and consequences) are inseparably intertwined within our collective imaginary and personal beliefs. the social construct of non-platonic, monogamous (and in many countries heterosexual) love is embedded into the bureaucracy of relationships and marriage as the only feasible option to materialize your love to state. thus, the semiotic validation of love of marriage inherently goes hand in hand with the bureaucratic validation of love, the procedures and schemes behind this, the relation with religion and archaic (sexist) social structures of, and the (financial and jurisdictional) consequences this often has.

though the archaic institution of marriage has been reinvented and reshaped to fit within every era it has been practiced over the entire world, there is an overabundance of love unrepresented in the institution of marriage, and thus excluded from the possible benefits marriage bureaucratically has. through reflecting on the in-betweenness of our relationship together, but also on the ways we distribute and receive love from other people, we want to speculate how and if we can reclaim the institute of marriage, and re-appropriate its namesake (and benefits) to conform to our way of being, living and loving.

the notion of love (boundless, fluid, unconditionally) and the notion of marriage (restricted, solid, and loaded with conditions and consequences) are inseparably intertwined within our collective imaginary and personal beliefs. the social construct of non-platonic, monogamous (and in many countries heterosexual) love is embedded into the bureaucracy of relationships and marriage as the only feasible option to materialize your love to state. thus, the semiotic validation of love of marriage inherently goes hand in hand with the bureaucratic validation of love, the procedures and schemes behind this, the relation with religion and archaic (sexist) social structures of, and the (financial and jurisdictional) consequences this often has.

though the archaic institution of marriage has been reinvented and reshaped to fit within every era it has been practiced over the entire world, there is an overabundance of love unrepresented in the institution of marriage, and thus excluded from the possible benefits marriage bureaucratically has. through reflecting on the in-betweenness of our relationship together, but also on the ways we distribute and receive love from other people, we want to speculate how and if we can reclaim the institute of marriage, and re-appropriate its namesake (and benefits) to conform to our way of being, living and loving.

francisca

and

me

are

going

to

get

married.