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Revolving Histories (#bangbang-0207)

Sorry Guys
(1997)

https://www.chantalmichel.ch
Michel, Chantal Michel, Chantal (Camera)
Tags
voc_Akrobatik Body and space Body experience Humorously Costume

A woman in a cocktail dress sits bored in a small room. Suddenly, she juts her body between the ceiling and the floor and and, with increasing effort, assumes ever more acrobatic positions, whose meaning is not immediately apparent. Slowly her orientation is lost orientation is lost, it is no longer clear what is up and what is down. The box offers space for astonishing movements that are pushed to exhaustion. to the point of exhaustion. A woman wearing a cocktail dress is sitting bored in a small room. Suddenly she stems her body between the ceiling and the floor. With increasing effort, her positions, whose meaning is enigmatic, become more and more acrobatically contorted. Gradually, we lose our or5ientation, can no no longer tell what is up and what is down. The box offers room for astonish- ing movements that are pursued to exhaustion.
Additional
Das Video ist 1997 mit dem Prix Saint-Gervais (Int. Videofestival Genf) ausgezeichnet worden.

place: Atelier Thun
Dokumentationstyp: Performance/Aktion für die Kamera / Performance/Action for the Camera

Medium

Video 4:3
Dauer: 37 Min.