Performans održan 28.9.2009. u maloj dvorani teatra &TD, SC, Zagreb
Paradigma, odnosno 'izreka' koja me inspirirala za ovaj rad je 'dama na ulici, domaćica u kuhinji, kurva u krevetu', a to su tri ženska stereotipa, koja popularna kultura pokušava nametnuti kao arhetipove!
Nastojim pokazati da takav prikaz žene nije samo problem 'zaostalosti', neokonzervativizma i sl., nego je dio moćnog pogona konzumerizma (kapitalizma), te se podržavanjem istih održava nemali broj industrijskih proizvoda, da nespominjem generiranje besmislenihpotreba na kojima počiva i cjelokupni društveni poredak.
U performansu sam odjevena u VHS traku, ona predstavlja medij, ali i proizvod koji je opstao i pobijedio na tržištu zahvaljujući industriji pornografije (VHS vs
Betamax, potonji je odbio plasirati pornografski sadržaj i stoga je izgubio tržišnu utakmicu).
Video-instalacija koja scenografski prati performans, sastoji se od 3 filmska uradka:
Prvi film – stereotip dame - se sastoji od isječaka uzetih sa CNNa – udaja Lady Di za princa Charlesa;
Drugi film – stereotip kurve - od isječaka iz porno filma'Dream quest', sa Jennom Jameson u glavnoj ulozi;
Treći film – stereotip kućanice i majke - od isječaka iz filma 'Tko pjeva, zlo ne misli', sa Mirjanom Bohanec kao domaćicom i glavnom ženskom ulogom.
It was a performance.
Paradigm, or 'saying' that inspired me for this work was the 'lady in the street, a housewife in the kitchen, whore in bed', and those are the three female stereotypes that popular culture tries to impose as an archetypes !
I am trying to show that such a view on women is not only a problem of 'backwardness', neoconservatism etc., but also is the powerful drive of consumerism (capitalism), supporting which holds quite a number of industrial products, not to mention that it generates meaningless needs which are the basis of the entire social order.
In the performance I was dressed in a
VHS tape, it is the medium, but also a product that has survived and won market thanks to the pornography industry (VHS vs. Betamax, the latter refused to qualify for pornographic content and, therefore, lost competition).
The
video installation that follows the performance, consists of 3 movies :
The first video - lady stereotype - consists of clips taken from CNNa -
Lady Diana marriage to
Prince Charles ;
Second video - whore stereotype - the clips from the porn movie 'Dream Quest ', with
Jenna Jameson starring ;
The third video - stereotype of housewive and mother - clips from the movie '
One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away', with Mirjana Bohanec as a housewife and Actress.
