videoart

synopsis
an exploration of the diverse capacities of the body to transform and interpret ideas or imagery from beauvoir’s literary and philosophical works, as if the body were a word experimenting with crafting sentences in space.

context
study for the importance of being simone de beauvoir marks the culmination of the initial research phase for the performance the importance of being simone de beauvoir. created during an artistic residency at menu spastuve (arts printing house) in vilnius, lithuania, it represents a pivotal stage in the development of the performance, yet it also stands as a distinct and meaningful work in its own right.