Showdown AV
Cinematic avatarDirecting, cinematography, and editing.
Within the festival Tanztage the work was shown as performance by Judith Forster and Nanna Stigsdatter as well as a film by Stella Horta. Inspired by Monique Wittig's Le Corps Lesbien and Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower, showdown AV episodically presents the encounter and coexistence of two individuals.
paragliding /
knotting /
masking / waterfall /
“Do you remember those motionless moments in film where everyone points a weapon at each other ready to shoot? The only way to get out of this situation without the risk of being killed is a slow and careful withdrawal, like slowly getting the air out of a balloon, very slowly.” - film quote
“I watch her struggling in your arms, I hear her call for m/y help, I roll against her to try to grasp her arms, shoulders or legs. Finally, she bursts out laughing, her muscles relax, she asks for her bandage to be removed, so she may see where she is. Night falls. One can hear the sea.”- Moni
Showdown AV
Cinematic avatarDirecting, cinematography, and editing.
Within the festival Tanztage the work was shown as performance by Judith Forster and Nanna Stigsdatter as well as a film by Stella Horta. Inspired by Monique Wittig's Le Corps Lesbien and Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower, showdown AV episodically presents the encounter and coexistence of two individuals.
paragliding / knotting /
masking / waterfall /
“Do you remember those motionless moments in film where everyone points a weapon at each other ready to shoot? The only way to get out of this situation without the risk of being killed is a slow and careful withdrawal, like slowly getting the air out of a balloon, very slowly.” - film quote
“I watch her struggling in your arms, I hear her call for m/y help, I roll against her to try to grasp her arms, shoulders or legs. Finally, she bursts out laughing, her muscles relax, she asks for her bandage to be removed, so she may see where she is. Night falls. One can hear the sea.”- Moni