LILIBETH CUENCA RASMUSSEN IN “THE PRESENT DOESN’T EXIST IN MY MIND, AND THE FUTURE IS ALREADY FAR BEHIND”— 3/4/10.

Inspired by the feminist writings of Valentine de Saint Point and Mina Loy that reflect on visions of female sexuality, Lilibeth Cuenca Ramussen’s one-woman multi-media performance in “The Present Doesn’t Exist in My Mind, and the Future is Already Far Behind” depicts the struggle between being a strong feminist woman in a culture of post-feminist traps.  Stunning and deeply touching, it's worth the outing.

 “The artist’s body is trying to fit within and at the same time it is struggling with the laws and structure of geometry and architecture. Depending on the movements and choreography of the body, basic, geometric costume can transform into multiple formations as basic geometrical shapes: cylinder, circle, square, and rectangle. The inner layer is a “bodysuit”, only revealing the face, hands and feet. When the “geometric” is taken off, the motion graphics of architectural structures  --”Virtual Costumes” -- take over by surrounding and enclosing the body in lines and grids. The female body is integrated with architecture by projecting motion graphics onto a solid white body form. Like a snail house or a turtle, the artist carries her space around -- a mobile, dynamic and flexible architecture. By this performative imagining, the artist contests the fact that architecture is predominantly a masculine endeavor.”

 

It was conceived as a collaboration with composers Pete Drungle and Brian Bender, motion graphic artist Brian Close, costume designer Lise Klitten, and curated by Jovana Stokic.