Stigma
Screened as part of ‘Eco vs. Ego: Healing Videos’ by Pinar & Viola at Intensive Care, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven from 22 till 30-10-2016 ; at De School, Amsterdam, on 13-01-2017; and as part of ‘Ways of Seeing The Future’ at Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts AMNUA, Nanjing, China from 26-10 till 25-11-18. Duration 1:00″.
Stigma (botany) refers to the female reproductive part of a flower which receives the pollen. Stigma also refers to a set of negative or unfair beliefs that society or a group of people have about something, a mark of guilt or disgrace.
This work also references and reimagines the lounging nude from classical painting for this new age egocentric/ ecocentric collection. Available upon special request.