Anne-lise Coste's work always embodies a strong desire—a desire for equal rights and the end of social oppression and exploitation, especially for women. This desire can also be expressed through language. In spray paint, the artist has found a medium that is extremely well suited to her directness as well as to capturing and commenting on ideas in the moment of creation. Her texts and language, which are always politically motivated yet never lose their poetry, appear on used, discarded, seemingly worthless materials such as plastic bags, packaging or, as in this work, remnants of the former Kunsthaus Baselland in Muttenz.

As the subject of her artistic intervention for the new Kunsthaus, Coste chose Monique Wittig, a key figure in French literature of the 1960s. Wittig was among the first to address the predominantly masculine nature of the French language in her numerous texts. However, her persistent debates considerably diminished her own success as an author in a male-dominated environment. Coste’s work Elles Elles Elles Ellesis therefore also a tribute to the author, who died in 2003. At the same time, it invokes the promise of lived equality, which is still worth fighting for.