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Alina Śmietana

perfomance

Action carried out at the festival

Kick off perfo, Toruń

duration: 40'

I based the performance on a piece of paper, uncovered in a jacket that had not been worn for a year. The flyer exhorted me, as a "woman of ease" with no "appropriate values", to return to the "right path" by joining a religious community. Was
full of generalizations, mental simplifications and evoked a lot of emotions in me. The action took place in the Old Market Square in Toruń (the place where I got the leaflet). I started the performance by sticking it on the heel. Then I bought a rose and, rubbing each petal against my cheeks, I threw a man passing me in front of my feet. At the same time, I read a counting card that I remembered from my childhood: "He loves, he likes, respects ...". The last petal stopped the poem at "In the heart".

photo by Filip Dowjat

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