SZLAKIEM KOBIECYCH CIAŁ. POCZUCIE PRZYNALEŻNOŚCI I STRATEGIE FILMOWEGO PATRZENIA
ON THE TRAIL OF WOMEN’S BODIES. FEELING OF BELONGING AND STRATEGIES OF CINEMATIC SEEING
Author(s): Karolina SikorskaSubject(s): Gender Studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Anna Okrasko; Lot’s wife; Berlin; city; public space; cultural memory; cultural belonging; monuments and memorials dedicated to women;
Summary/Abstract: Article analyses Anna Okrasko’s video Lot’s Wife (2013) – fictional documentary about women monuments, memorials and public sculptures situated in former East Berlin. Text attempts to answer the questions about contemporary cultural belonging of women, about constructing cultural memory and studying city as a symbolic space, where women are subjects as well as objects of seeing. Artist’s work suggests that cultural identity is not only strongly connected to community or history but also depends on place. The problem of public space and its ways of perceiving and compassing is presented as a pretty important issue in this context. Also, this fictional documentary is considered as reconfiguration of dominant visibility and ways of female body’s presence.
Journal: Przegląd Kulturoznawczy
- Issue Year: 35/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 100-117
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Polish