Digital 16mm and Super8/8'40"/Una Quigley/2018
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This work is based on Act 1 of “The Breasts of Tiresias”, a play written by Guillaume Apollinaire which was first performed in 1917. Apollinaire coined the term surrealist to describe his drama and the first words of his play were “I am a feminist”. It is about a housewife who develops psychic powers to change her body.
“Birds of my weakness" re-imagines Apollinaire’s character in a contemporary context and uses the influences of poststructural feminist writers on a rewriting of the words. Choreographed by dancer Sheena McGrandles in response to the text, it is a chamber piece and an absurd melodrama.
“Birds of my weakness" re-imagines Apollinaire’s character in a contemporary context and uses the influences of poststructural feminist writers on a rewriting of the words. Choreographed by dancer Sheena McGrandles in response to the text, it is a chamber piece and an absurd melodrama.
Performed by: Sheena McGrandles and Loz Fitzgibbon
Sound/Music: Loz Fitzgibbon
Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland