Persecuted
Video Art / 2020
Synopsis
For many generations pleasure has been taken away from women and, instead, we have been taught to despise our bodies and especially our "Yonis" (Hindu name for vulva), allowing patriarchy to transform it into a big taboo. Female pleasures are directly related to women's creativity. A woman without pleasure is another woman burned and annihilated by patriarchy. Persecuted is a psychedelic ritual video dance, a witchcraft, an ode to women orgasms, fluids and waters. In a junction to the myths of the Monster-Goddess Baubo (Greek), Kali, Durga (Hindus) and Rangda (Bali), the female comes on patriarchy's face.
You've been bewitched!
CREATOR AND PERFORMER: ALLEGRA CECCARELLI
VIDEO DIRECTOR: CLARA EYER
CAMERA: OLIVIER GAUCHER
FILM EDITOR: THAYSA LOTA
Persecuted was exhibited in:
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Ocupação Ovárias (Online, Brazil), 2020;
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Bienal Black Brazil Art (Online, Brazil), 2020-2021;
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SerformanceP (São Paulo, Brazil), 2021;
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Movimentos Femininos em Recintos Femil(s) (Online, Brazil), 2021;
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Inferno Em Los Andes (Puno, Peru), 2021;
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Moovy Tanz Film Festival (Cologne, Germany), 2022