Lynn Lu. Amnion, 2021. Film still: Ana de Matos.
performingborders annual performance to camera commission
Premiere: 14 December 2021
This work thinks through water as a medium that literally connects all watery bodies – all living creatures to each other, as well as to hydrogeological and meteorological bodies, the significant water loss in menopausal bodies, our human affinity to whales – the only other species that undergoes the climacteric and lives a long post-reproductive life, and the enduring biological enigma that is the menopause.
Layered voices narrate text excerpts from philosopher Astrida Neimanis’ and writer Darcey Steinke’s ideas exploring the leakiness of borders between our bodies and our environment, and between human and cetacean, as well as the fallacies and fears that continue to surround bodies transitioning from a state of fertility to one of barrenness that affects more than half the world’s population.
Conceived, narrated & performed by: Lynn Lu
Directed, filmed, edited by: Ana de Matos
Second performer: Satsuki Lu-Sharpe
Commissioned by: performingborders
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