...and call me Antonia

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. . . and call me Antonia is a performance, which through the movement thematize female body in today’s pop culture. Figure of a female body is robbed of personality, emotions and is presented only as an object of pleasure. Pleasure derives from observing its power, which is noticeable but appears as absent, and not from the power which is being expressed. The female body is an idea, an object, given to be judged and evaluated.  The ambience of a peep show places the viewer in the role of a voyeur, while the performers rely on extravagant behavior in order to attract the viewer’s attention.

The performance … and call me Antonia is a continuation and development of the work HabitsAreWorthBeingFanaticalAbout (HAWBA) by Fajdiga and Križaj, which was first presented in 2007 in Danswerkplaats, Amsterdam.

Performances: 24th -27th November 2010 at the City of Museum of Ljubljana, 3rd & 4th December 2010 at Maribor City Art Gallery
7th October 2011 at Modern Gallery Ljubljana, 3rd November 2011 at Hoxton Gallery, London

Concept: Nina Fajdiga & Jasmina Križaj
Choreography and performance: Jasmina Križaj, Nina Fajdiga, Clarice Lima & Leila McMillan
Advising: Maja Delak
Costumes: Urša Recer
Executive production: Petra Hazabent
Produced by: EMANAT Institute
Partners and co-producers: Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Art Gallery Maribor/Gallery Rotovž, Plesna Izba Maribor                              
Financial support: Ministry of Culture of Republic Slovenia, Ljubljana City Municipality