London, March 2010.
Lime Groove. LCF
Performer: Salsa
Choreographer: Johan Stjernholm
This play takes place in a brothel of Barcelona when a revolution is progressing outside in the city. Genet uses this setting to explore roles of power in society. In the first few scenes patrons assume the roles of a bishop who forgives a penitent, a judge who punishes a thief, and a general who rides his horse.
This costume is created for the horse character. Basing in Foucault theories of ‘Docile Bodies’ and the relationship between sex and power, the main idea is to transform the performer into a sexual object. She becomes almost a sex furniture when fusion with her saddle. The more she becomes passive, the more the General gain power.
Photo credits
(1-4) Frames from the video
(5) Photo shooting in Community Focus.
Performer: Zoë Padley
Photographer: Leah
Lime Groove. LCF
Performer: Salsa
Choreographer: Johan Stjernholm
This play takes place in a brothel of Barcelona when a revolution is progressing outside in the city. Genet uses this setting to explore roles of power in society. In the first few scenes patrons assume the roles of a bishop who forgives a penitent, a judge who punishes a thief, and a general who rides his horse.
This costume is created for the horse character. Basing in Foucault theories of ‘Docile Bodies’ and the relationship between sex and power, the main idea is to transform the performer into a sexual object. She becomes almost a sex furniture when fusion with her saddle. The more she becomes passive, the more the General gain power.
Photo credits
(1-4) Frames from the video
(5) Photo shooting in Community Focus.
Performer: Zoë Padley
Photographer: Leah
