"Direct regard, no blinking, she claims that the woman should be able to do certain gestures without being accused of ambiguity – such as eating a banana, drinking alcohol, dressing up in short skirt without justitying a rape, or even being naked, of saying 'yes' or even recognizing 'the pigs', then refusing them… All of those accusations made to the women who have suffered sexual violence. She claims to be a being and not an object of desire. She accuses the violent man who does not hold his blows under the effect of the liquor, and the rapist. She is not afraid of words ; the tearing of the sex and the forcing of the sex are said without sugarcoating, even repeated either during the description of the rape, or in the clause "I am not afraid" in the superposition, with an echo effect, of her voice. She handles the shift and continues with the smile addressed to the hen she caresses; the animal, calm, does not make the typical incessant head movements, she turns to her only during the giggles emitted by the young woman. Indeed, after ginning the text either synchronized or out of synch with the lips, she imitates perfectly the sounds of the hen, in its highs and repetitions. A duet is established, in for her, and off when she drops the chicken. She is a woman, she has a body and she is not afraid of being herself or this body.”
Simone Dompeyre (Traverse Vidéo), excerpt
