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MONSTERHOOD Part II. Sennentuntschi, a cultural appropriation
(2020)

https://www.latefawiersch.com
Wiersch, Latefa Murray, Emma Lorien (Performer)
Stadt Zürich (Eventcurator)
Isenring, Elvira (Camera)
Ulman, Roni (Camera)
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Dance performance Feminism Myths Prepared performance object Costume Duo Exhibition space

MONSTERHOOD Part II is part of a series of performances in which dance and object, inanimate and living bodies enter into a relationship with each other and grow into hybrids. In which familiar boundaries of the self dissolve. At the center is the question of identity, of an ego that is constantly in transformation, redesigning itself, loosening and weaving connections, slipping into new skins. A question that always includes the question of the "other". The starting point for Monsterhood Part II is the old Swiss legend of the Sennentuntschi, of which there are around 70 versions. The legend tells of sexuality, violence and women as objects. Being a woman, on the one hand, being "something else" in general, interests me not only because I have always been "different" due to my North African roots, having grown up in Dortmund and finally emigrated to Switzerland. So the Western view of the supposedly "exotic" plays an important role in the work.
Additional
Wegen Coronarestriktionen war ein LIve-Auftritt sehr unsicher, weshalb so die für die Kamera inszenierte Performance ebtstanden ist, die im Helmhaus gefilmt wurde. Die Arbeit knüpft an die Zusammenarbeit mit der Tänzerin Emma Murray an, die ich im Studium an der HKB kenengelernt habe, aufgrund des Lockdowns ist die Arbeit allerdings dann als Soloprojekt entstanden. Weitere gemeinsame Projekte sind aber im Prozess, ein Tanzstück namens "Pudding Club" wird im September an der Dampfzentrale Bern Premiere haben.
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Das Video ist bei Bedarf in höherer Auflösung vorhanden. Credits: MONSTERHOOD Part II. Sennentuntschi, a cultural appropriation 2020 Performer: Emma Murray, Latefa Wiersch Video: Elvira Isenring, Roni Ulman HD Video, 16:9 Dauer: ́26“22
Stadt und Werkstipendien 2020

place: Helmhaus, Zürich
KuratorIn: Stadt Zürich
Dokumentationstyp: Performance/Aktion für die Kamera / Performance/Action for the Camera

Medium

Video 16:9
Dauer: 26 Min 22 Sek