Linsey Dawen Mc Kenzey

Marcela Levi, Brazil

In-organic (2007)

Synopsis: Twenty feet pearl necklace, a embalmed beef head, hair and invisible to the back of a bicycle light are objects -mejor dicho, subjetos (objetos desplazados, desfuncionalizados y subjetivados)- que Marcela Levi utiliza en la performance.

moments of the performance

In-organic not use movement as a mere display but tries to frame it within a discourse.

Although this piece has some special moments paused not make it easy for the public, is an example of good writing. The scenes unfold with both delicacy and movements of objects as used in the right measure to create a set full of aesthetic and semantic coherence. Ie not even need anything left over, everything is linked together and the end of the work emerges a clear and strong message.

The artist uses a few objects, only a stuffed bull's head, a very long string of pearls, a dress and a flashing bicycle. Without doubt, this is commendable restraint. With these few items and timely use of music, Marc develops a series of moves and related actions a minimal narrative. In the interior of Sao Paulo, the Cowboys choose their brides pouring the rope around the neck like cattle. They like them as well. This Hitori is repeated and finally tells a different story. In the interior of Sao Paolo, there was a murder and the photographer who covered the funeral won an award for the story. A mother had lost her son in a shooting and watched her body. The photographer took the picture without flash to give greater naturalness and realism to the scene. They like them as well. This parallels the end of the story highlights the sensitivity of cork from the violent Brazilian society.

Marcela Levi the end of the debate insisted that his play does not revolve only around a feminist discourse. It is true that at the bottom of the overall situation of society, not just women. However one of the greatest culprits in this situation is perhaps a brutal mentality that is linked largely to the masculinist culture. So maybe it is a feminist piece, in the best sense of the word that concerns us all.

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