2006, ORGANIC LIFE — BERGAMOT GROUP

BERGAMOT GROUP

ORGANIC LIFE

Video performance
2006

2’01”

The elegant outfit and high heels are elements of canonical femininity, largely shaped by the male gaze (Laura Mulvey). In the context of the forest — a wild, uncontrollable environment — this image appears artificial, almost grotesque. It emphasizes that traditional femininity is not a "natural" quality but a social construct, a mask imposed on women. Importantly, the video conveys a deep image of contradiction between a femininity that outwardly conforms to expectations and the internal tension expressed through a destructive gesture. Here, the woman is not an object of the gaze, but an active subject of action.
Female aggression has traditionally been marginalized in culture: it is considered unacceptable, pathological, or provocative. In this case, however, aggression becomes a tool of emancipation. It is not directed at another person but at a structure that may symbolize patriarchy, normativity, or authority.
The woman in this video is not so much "destroying" as she is refusing to submit — and she does so through a physical, energetic act. This performance can be seen as a reclamation of space, in which the woman does not adapt to her environment but creates a new, charged field where the body becomes a political instrument. This is not triumphant feminism, but a slow, stubborn, expressive protest — where the very inability to "break" the concrete becomes not a sign of weakness, but a recognition of the true scale of the struggle.
The visual instability is reinforced by a monotonous, unsettling sound that heightens the sense of psychological discomfort and tension.