Helga Sophia Goetze was born in Magdeburg, Germany, in 1922 and was a feminist icon, who loved to break boundaries and boldly put her views out into the world. Goetze left behind a fascinating universe of painted pictures, embroidered carpets, sketches, collages and an extensive written legacy, including numerous poems. She was known and infamous above all for her “vigil” at the Berlin Memorial Church, where she held out for an hour every day for over 20 years from 1983 to proclaim her message: “Fucking is peace!” The artist and poet was an investigative, keen observer and chronicler of her time until her death in 2008. Helga Sophia Goetze’s works are also in the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne.