Is our every move actually a part of life's dance? Are we aware of our moves and can we fully control them?
These are the questions I asked myself when renowned Slovenian photographer Franci Virant and costume designers Mete Bizjan and Irene Mrhar (One Fiction Factory) asked me to participate in their exhibition.
Their project, titled "Four Women", presented four women in four different worlds but in the context of dancing, each with her own style... dance as a form of seduction, as part of a ritual or a mathematically precise motion or muscular movement, yet all displaying their inner feelings. The models all shared their love for dancing and movement.
The creative team wanted to show the dancing aesthetics through the body and other symbols, but with minimal clothes. Virant said that they used the white patent leather corset to emphasize "glass muscles". This way, the model became a cyborg, reinforced by computer language – a woman of the future. Mathematical (binary) formulas and symbols displayed thoughtfulness and precision of controlled motion that I displayed in every practice but also competition posing.
In addition, Vir
ant chose black and white photos that followed the moves of the subject in the photo: subject movements were dynamic and shots displayed different poses as part of a dancing ritual.
Also, the authors painted different symbols on the bodies of the four women which further "spiced up" the photos. They painted binary characters (0101) on my body hoping that every observer would interpret these characters in their own way. This technique opened the possibility of countless interpretations of the body and its movements, similar to dancing – an individiual movement that a person does in their own microcosmos, through which one shows its individuality, uniqueness and specificity.
Binary characters on my body in this particular context displayed specific efforts in my movements, and also prominent individuality, self-motivation and self-struggle, but that's exactly what this sport is all about, isn't it?
In addition to binary characters, the authors also painted cabalistic symbols and Solomon's seal (Star of David) on my body. The Kabbalistic Tree of Life with ten Sephiroth indicates strictness, grace and balance. Solomon's seal is a six-pointed star that symbolizes the rule of the spiritual over the physical body which is united in the macrocosmos. It strengthens spiritual power and protects from the forces of evil.
The hexagram is one of the most powerful and commonly used symbols in magic and hermeticism; it's made up of two equilateral triangles (representing Man and God) placed one over the other with the tops on opposite sides, so as to form a six-pointed star. In addition, Solomon's seal is interpreted as a symbol of the unification of heaven and earth, and the male and female principles.
I'm honored to have participated in the exhibition "Four Women" and that the photographer Franci Virant displayed his vision of women's physical power in a very interesting and special way. Every rationality in his project became suprarational and individual whilst femininity was presented in an unusual context and with a completely new and modern meaning.
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