T.O. recorded and performed this performance to
represent a woman’s experience in everyday sexual violence.
The
relationship between the knife and the glass sheet represent these daily
micro aggressions. The glass sheet symbolizes the transparent veil of
sexualization and a visual spectacle for penetration. The knife is an
agent and by-product of a patriarchal society that is reflected and
symbolized in its phallic form. The performance parallels a reverse
masturbation as I aggressively penetrate the glass sheet to reach its
breaking point. However, the knife fails to shatter the glass before I
am physically exhausted. Having the act portray a constant and
continuous sexual violence, which has yet to be broken. This
documentation is a portrayal of aggression towards my experience in
sexual violence.
This video was edited from the original 10min duration.https://vimeo.com/user18207515
