Mourning Class: Nollywood
For this installation, each actress was asked to sit in front of the camera – baring their shoulders and covering their heads – and cry when prompted by Zina. They needed to produce real tears and engage with the camera as much as possible during the process, turning their emotions into a true performance as well as a test of endurance. The work explores the role of performance in expressing grief, drawing the viewer into the territory between the emotive and the emotional. The minimal, ghostly sound leaving room for the viewer to engage with the physical performance of grief. The lack of narrative and context but direct engagement of the subject also draws out the viewer’s own personal narratives engineering a form of catharsis.
- Status
- Released
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- Language
- EN
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Produced in
Nigeria
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Release dates
NetherlandsNL
- Premiere1 Jan 2011
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Mourning Class: Nollywood was released on 1 January 2011.
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