Bleeeuuuurrrgh
(look at us, we’re disgusting)
The Woman's Library | 2022 | devised , crafted and performed by Romi Sarfaty, Florence Logan, Sophie Suliman and Kate Bradley | with female-identifying healthcare workers
This live performance used grotesque personas and ideas of ugliness to explore the socially unaccepted human body.
Inject, burst, wash, cut, archive, wrap, watch, hold hands, touch the skin, walk, climb, stand, look, lean, sneeze, hum, sing, sneeze, sneeze, twitch, break the dance, rub creams, check vein, search for a tampon, pop, squeeze, itch, find tampon, sing, archive, run, splat, kiss, run, splat, kiss, run, splat, kiss, run, splat, snog, hug, show off, archive, fall, stand up stuff, re-stuff, stuff, pillow, archive, fall, stand up, rebalance, pile, lift limb, pile, pile, look at the bodies we’re disgusting! *hip hip hooray*:))))))
Do it three times a day on an empty stomach. If symptoms don’t improve, please consult a doctor.
Drawing from the collaborators' experiences in medical care, the piece explored how the intimate acts of touch and care change in clinical settings. the choreography underscored the intricate relationship between our fear, revulsion, and fascination with the female form. It magnified the image of the body until its exaggerated grotesqueness stripped away its social perception, rendering it merely a matter or a mass of flesh.