Performance & Performativity
Friday, September 11, 22:30 - 23:44 / Kijkhuis 2
Saturday, September 12, 12:30 - 13:44 / Kijkhuis 1
All the world’s a stage and we are all in a constant act of performance. The concept of “performativity” reveals that our words and actions do not only describe our social reality but create it. The films in this session explore how we perform our genders and other identities on a daily basis, responding to social constructions and expectations.
Duration
74 min.
Tickets
Mark Jenkin, 17 minutes (UK/2019)
A dark drama of poetry and the power of voices from beyond the grave.
Vasilis Kekatos, 9 minutes (GR/FR/2019)
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station.
Elene Naveriani, 23 minutes (CH/2019)
In Georgia, two stranded Nigerians, Obinna and Afame, navigate the sleeping city of Tbilisi after a long night out.
Qiu Yang, 20 minutes (CN/FR/2019)
In an ordinary Chinese winter, a small city junior high student, YU, tries to quit her school aerobic dancing team.