- By
- Phia Ménard
- Performed by
- Marion Blondeau
By orchestrating a clash between a woman and a statue pedestal, Phia Ménard keeps digging away at the foundations of patriarchal violence, using her imagination and a call to dreams.
In a French formal garden bathed in twilight, a woman comes face to face with the pedestal of a monumental statue of which only the feet can be seen. She cannot – and does not want to – avoid it.
A fight ensues, one where courage courts gentle absurdity. Using the most refuted article of the Universal declaration of Human rights as a starting point – the one that guarantees every individual freedom of movement around the world – Phia Ménard attempts to vanquish the bloody hegemony of borders. She brandishes imagination and the power of storytelling as weapons, inviting us to learn how to dream again. A form of resistance and reinvention, following in the footsteps of Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa.
With ART. 13, Phia Ménard explores imaginary worlds and the notion of transformation, setting out on a new trilogy: the cycle of ruin.
with the 20e Biennale de la danse