I Have No Perfect Sex Appeal
by josiane
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Title
I Have No Perfect Sex Appeal
Headline
Why do I have to lose myself?
Concept author(s)
Josianne Viens
Concept author year(s) of birth
1977
Concept author(s) contribution
Josianne chose the texts to be read. She created the dance improvisation, and directed the creation of the movie.
Concept author(s) Country
United States of America
Copy author(s)
Jean-Francois Paiement
Copy author(s) year(s) of birth
1977
Copy author(s) contribution
Voice over the video. Did some video editing.
Other author(s)
Marc Abrahams and Arthur L. Gillom
Other author(s) year(s) of birth
?
Other author(s) contribution
These are the two authors of the texts read in the video. 1) The Ig Nobel Prizes, by Marc Abrahams; 2) I Want You, by Arthur L. Gillom
Other author(s) Country
United States of America
Friendly Competition
Love Conflict Imagination (2010-2011)
Competition category
Mobilization
Competition field
nonacademic
Competition subfield
activist
Subfield description
I am a feminist social worker activist. I participated in Artivistic and other artistic projects with strong social orientation. I'm active on the queer scene in San Francisco and support various modes of interactions between people. For instance, I practiced dance improvisation for many years in Montreal. Overall, I strongly believe in the potential of group creativity.
Check out the Love Conflict Imagination 2010-2011 outlines of Memefest Friendly competition.
Description of idea
Describe your idea and concept of your work in relation to the festival outlines:
Today, the principal obstacle for love in life is the presence or absence of sex appeal. Women's self-esteem is very difficult without exhibiting socially normalized sex appeal, and thus it becomes a real challenge to let the barriers down in order to be truly loved by others. The other opposite, which is the overemphasis of sex-appeal, can only lead to more conflicts in love relationships.
What kind of communication approach do you use?
Verbal and corporal language are my key medium towards an authentic communication of my beliefs and experiences.
What are in your opinion concrete benefits to the society because of your communication?
Society values fake and very superficial aspects of human relationships, by ignoring authenticity of each human being. Ubiquitous marketing of control and power amplifies conflicts in love, which necessite self-aware vulnerability and genuine confidence in each others. My communication aims to share this realization with other people, with the hope that they will see authentic and valuable moments through the dancer movements, beyond traditional techniques and messages.
What did you personally learn from creating your submitted work?
An interior conflict is created when watching my own image. However, the ideal dream is quickly forgotten because I get much more pleasure from mystic interactions experiences with other people than from looking at video images. That being said, these images will probably generate various reactions among the viewers that will notice different characteristics of the event: Some will be touched by the dichotomy between the two voices, some by the aspect of the body of the dancer (or its sex-appeal), some will like the story, and some others will fall asleep.
Why is your work, GOOD communication WORK?
This work expresses the impossibility of strong and deep love relationships if one limits itself to the values and mediums typically promoted by our society. Simplicity of the moves and emotions is used in this work as a tool to convey authentic expression of two human beings that might appear disconnected at first, but that ultimately share a strong bond that generates an underlying harmony, both from the narrative perspective, and through the image of the dancer.
Where and how do you intent do implement your work?
I think that the International Festival of Radical Communication is the perfect venue to share my work and values with like-minded people.
Did your intervention had an effect on other Media. If yes, describe the effect? (Has other media reported on it- how? Were you able to change other media with your work- how?)