Persona
Manon de Boer & Latifa Laâbissi
Persona turns a cinematic gaze on Écran Somnambule (2012), a performance by Latifa Laâbissi, that is in turn based on the film “Mary Wigman tanzt” (1930), an excerpt of her “Hexentanz” (1926). In the film, a physical experience of the disruptive power of the masked figure is conveyed in a circumscribing camera movement.
Conception and design of the figure in Écran Somnambule (2012) Nadia Lauro
Cinematography Léo Lefèvre
Camera assistant Alexandre Cabanne
Grip Corentin Geisen
Light Thomas Bojan & Ludovic Rivière
Sound recording, editing & mixing Laszlo Umbreit
Editing Manon de Boer
Grading Paul Millot at Cobalt
Produced by Auguste Orts & Figure Project
Supported by Flanders Audiovisual Fund & arts centre BUDA
Persona has been on display at the following locations:
Jeu de Paume
Paris, (FR)
Tuesday, Jan 9 2024
Plastique danse flore
Versailles, (FR)
Sep 9–Sep 10 2023
Jan Mot
Brussels, (BE)
Jan 28–Mar 11 2023
Short Film Festival
London, (GB)
Wednesday, Jan 25 2023
Centre Pompidou
Paris, (FR)
Saturday, Dec 10 2022
Dance First Think Later
Geneve, (CH)
Thursday, Oct 6 2022
Art Fair
Basel, (CH)
Jun 13–Jun 19 2022
Cinematek
Brussels, (BE)
Tuesday, Jun 7 2022
FRAC Bretagne
Rennes, (FR)
Mar 18–Mar 20 2022
Cinematek
Brussels, (BE)
Tuesday, Mar 1 2022