Still

"In my performances I assume various
iconic personae, creatures who are always
situated as trapped, or on the edge of
breaking down. They are not characters
but personae, aspects of myself. I disappear
as they emerge." (Anita Ponton)

The isolated figure of the lone female is central to Anita
Ponton’s live performances that address such issues as
violence, power and silence.

In Still, the performer examines feminine representation
through a series of iconic poses, inspired by mythic,
cinematic and actual ideals. Nailed to the wall by her
hair for up to two hours, Ponton tests both the
endurance of the artist’s body and the extent to which
a performance can be stretched, placing assumptions
about the female body under scrutiny and posing
awkward questions, such as: Can the ironic adoption
of conventional feminine poses trouble widely held ideas
about how a woman should appear in public, and can
her avowed narcissism be used creatively? Milijana Babić

Organisation: City of Women
In collaboration with: Galerija Kapelica; Kinodvor; KUD France Prešeren