REMOVE ADD REMOVE ADD REMOVE
ODSTRANI DODAJ ODSTRANI DODAJ ODSTRANI
video diptih & projection mapping on textile / video diptih & mapiranje projekcije na tkanino
This work is a video diptych, projected on two large white sheets. One video shows the raw process of removing female pubic hair. The other shows the long process of putting on fake eyelashes. Both are presented with an observational clarity that emphasises their physicality and duration. The white sheets resemble intimate exposure and sterile procedure.
This juxtapositions two distant parts of the
body — one culturally coded as private and to be removed from, the other as public and to be added to.
Both become sites of labor and commercial transaction, where the body's natural state is constantly edited. An essential, protective function (hair) is removed as unwanted, while a synthetic enhancement is applied to signal desirability. The cycle of removal and addition is presented as an endless, demanding cycle.
Sound in the video is a female voice that describes the steps for "proper" hair removal. Her words are stating that "if even one hair is left, it is not done right." The voice is supported with a meditative drone soundtrack. The mix of both sounds reflects one contradiction: these demanding, sometimes painful rituals are often sold and experienced as self-care—a nurturing act for personal well-being and hygiene.
The sound fills up the exhibition space, underlining the work's critique of a beauty industry that scripts our bodies into a state of endless, profitable correction.
Delo je video diptih, projiciran na dve veliki beli tkanini. En video prikazuje proces odstranjevanja ženskih sramnih dlak. Drugi prikazuje dolgotrajen proces nameščanja umetnih trepalnic. Oba videa prikazujeta fizičnost in trajanje procesov. Beli tkanini simbolizirata intimno razgaljenost in sterilni postopek.
Instalacija postavlja nasproti dva oddaljena dela telesa
– enega, ki je kulturno dojeman kot zaseben in ga je treba odstraniti, drugega pa kot javnega in ga je treba ohranjati in umetno dodajati.
Cikel odstranjevanja in dodajanja je predstavljen kot neskončen, zahteven cikel. Oba dela telesa postaneta območje dela in komercialnih transakcij, za katere se mora naravno stanje telesa nenehno spreminjati. Zaščitna funkcija (dlake) se odstrani ker so neželene, medtem ko se sintetične trepalnice dodaja, z namenom signalizacije zaželenosti.
Zvok v videu je ženski glas, ki opisuje korake za »pravilno« odstranjevanje dlak. Pravi da »če ostane tudi samo ena dlaka, depilacija ni pravilna«. Glas spremlja meditativna drone glasba. Mešanica obeh zvokov odraža protislovje: Zahtevni, včasih boleči rituali se pogosto prodajajo in razumejo kot osebna nega za dobro počutje in higieno.
Zvok napolni cel razstavni prostor in poudari kritično pozicijo dela do lepotne industrije, ki naša telesa potiska v stanje neskončnih, dobičkonosnih popravkov.
Version of the video for online showcase / Verzija videa za spletni prikaz
CREDITS / KOLOFON
Concept / realisation / production / Koncept / realizacija / produkcija: Urša Rahne
Video documentation of interventions in public space / Video dokumentacija intervencij v javnem prostoru: Petra Kraševec, Gaja Pegan Nahtigal, Veshta Ishtar
Special mentions / posebne omembe: Kela, Scissoring Hair, Asiana Jurca Avci, Teja Miholič,
Jurij Podgoršek, Tatiana Kocmur, Tana Benčan, Sasho Puckovski & Cirkulacija2
Menthors / Mentorja (ALUO): Sašo Sedlaček & Jela Krečič Žižek
Concept / realisation / production / Koncept / realizacija / produkcija: Urša Rahne
Video documentation of interventions in public space / Video dokumentacija intervencij v javnem prostoru: Petra Kraševec, Gaja Pegan Nahtigal, Veshta Ishtar
Special mentions / posebne omembe: Kela, Scissoring Hair, Asiana Jurca Avci, Teja Miholič,
Jurij Podgoršek, Tatiana Kocmur, Tana Benčan, Sasho Puckovski & Cirkulacija2
Menthors / Mentorja (ALUO): Sašo Sedlaček & Jela Krečič Žižek