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A Video Project Presented by Literature 21 Section F Submitted to Mr. Ian Rosales Casocot Department of English and Literature Silliman University Group Leader: Stilian Baldomero Group Members: Erianne Clir Dela Raya Chucca Liz Saluna Edleen Allani Combis Pamela Sue Vizcayno March 9, 2009
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Seminar in Arts Activism Project Womens bodies are confused. On a daily basis, they are penetrated, ripped apart, on show, in your face, and completely accessible. And while womens bodies are poked, prodded, and titillated, women themselves arent given permission to live within and delight in their bodies. Its a weird, carnival-like, sadomasochistic tug of war, and women have no safe words to use when it starts to hurt in a terrible way. In this video installation, I have made a soft-core prayer, exploring the collision of trauma, guilt, pleasure, and the sensual body, and the perverse ambiguity that connects these themes. This prayer was made through an initial reflection on Filipino Catholic ritual. In this context, a particularly salient ritual for Filipino women is praying the Rosary, and reciting the Hail Mary. I was further struck by a poem by Filipino poet Jose Lacaba, which described the Virgin Mary as having been raped by God in her bed. This image unites the ecstasy of the Enunciation, the trauma of a violated body, the guilt in an act to which she gave no consent, and all housed within the sensual body as the site of collision. This small movie does not attempt to be some kind of homage or repudiation of the Virgin; rather, I invoke the Madonna Whore archetype to comment on the use of womens bodies as the battleground for a moral and yet exploitative economy. The text used in the piece is the traditional Hail Mary prayer: Hail Mary, full of grace. Our Lord is …
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the video is nice… but the audio is not that clear.. but all in all i know the report.. -rene Lit21F
reading is obviously noted..
im more like watching national geographic..
but, i did know some parts..
^_^
~Nico E. Valle
this would be my comment for all the other parts of your vid.
i like the video .female power ..i also like the visuals .. but more better if clear ang audio
> angelie _lit21 -B
go pinay!
your video was excellent
…weejay
it was excellent and cool
=) nice job guyz..
gud luck!
i like the solemn part – the reading of the poem..but the poem is too long, maka bore kadugayan..although far out dw ang first part, i still like the atmosphere of ur video..and, nice connection chuccah!..
the intro is really far out but the reporting is excellent though
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okay so maybe the bear was female. joke.
but anyway, it’s noticeable that your reading (sorry!)
and the background music’s distacting.
but anyway, it’s cool.
gdluck!
uhm yeahh there’s a connection “Mother Nature” hahaha since its about “women’s” lit.
-chucca-
I don’t get the first part, sorry. I was wondering about your intro… unsa’y connection sa nature sa women’s lit.? Anyways, Excellent luck!!!
Art for art’s sake – nice work!