{"id":15658,"title":"Aphrodite’s Girdle","dimensions":"00:27:30","date_begin":"2014-01-01","material":"video, documentary, color, sound, English subtitle","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":21,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Donated by the artist, 2016","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0536","stream_count_app":40,"permalink":"aphrodite-s-girdle","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/035/707/medium_500/VideoStill_AphroditesGirdle_2.JPG?1497603880","cached_actor_names":"Vika Begalska","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Video","nl":"Video","fr":"Video"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/035/707/large/VideoStill_AphroditesGirdle_2.JPG?1497603880","poster_credits":"video still: (c) Victoria Begalskaya, Collection M HKA, Antwerp, Donation of the artist, 2016","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAphrodite\u0026rsquo;s Girdle\u003c/em\u003e is a puppet show created by the Teresa Creative Union of Artists and sex-workers (Vika Begalska, Alexander Vilkin, Marina Denisova, Taira Dance, Diana Portlend, Sergey Potapov, Karina \u0026#39;Katwoman\u0026#39; Dulina, Baretta). The show is based on interviews and life stories of streetwalkers who were also directly involved in the creation of the performance. Juxtaposing the common view of modern society with true images of sex workers, the puppet show tinges a harsh reality with a sense of melancholy, while at the same time giving it an ironic twist. \u003cem\u003eAphrodite\u0026rsquo;s Girdl\u003c/em\u003ee must be situated within the context of activist, post-feminist works, positioning the film not as a critique of male dominance, but rather as a critique of this critique. It evidences a sense of bravura and pride, and is a clear demonstration that the women performing in this puppet theatre have not lost control over who they are.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAphrodite\u0026rsquo;s Girdle\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;werd gemaakt het\u0026nbsp;Teresa Creative Union of Artists en sekswerkers en kunstenaars, met naast de kunstenares Vika Begalskaya de sekswerkers\u0026nbsp;Alexander Vilkin, Marina Denisova, Taira Dance, Diana Portlend, Sergey Potapov, Karina \u0026#39;Katwoman\u0026#39; Dulina, Baretta, wat aan de harde visie tegelijkertijd een melancholische en ironische twist geeft. De video van Begalskaya moet geplaatst worden binnen de context van activistische post-feministische werken. Het is geen kritiek op de mannelijke dominantie, maar een kritiek op deze kritiek. De poppenkastachtige scenes met kartonnen figuren, schilderijen en andere objecten maken duidelijk dat deze vrouwen trots zijn en de controle over hun bestaan niet zijn verloren.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eVictoria Begalskaya est n\u0026eacute;e \u0026agrave; Kharkov, en Ukraine. Elle vit et travaille \u0026agrave; Moscou. Son \u0026oelig;uvre nous donne une vision impitoyable et objective de la r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute; sociale de l\u0026rsquo;Ukraine post-sovi\u0026eacute;tique. La vid\u0026eacute;o est un projet commun de l\u0026rsquo;artiste et de prostitu\u0026eacute;es. Le fait d\u0026rsquo;\u0026ecirc;tre r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute;e exclusivement par des femmes conf\u0026egrave;re \u0026agrave; cette repr\u0026eacute;sentation sans concessions une tournure n\u0026eacute;anmoins m\u0026eacute;lancolique et ironique.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eIl faut consid\u0026eacute;rer la vid\u0026eacute;o de Victoria Begalskaya dans son contexte, \u0026agrave; savoir une \u0026oelig;uvre militante post-f\u0026eacute;ministe. Il ne s\u0026rsquo;agit pas d\u0026rsquo;une critique de la domination masculine, mais d\u0026rsquo;une critique de cette critique. Les sc\u0026egrave;nes guignolesques avec des personnages, des tableaux et autres objets en carton nous montrent des femmes incontestablement fi\u0026egrave;res et qui n\u0026rsquo;ont pas perdu la ma\u0026icirc;trise de leur existence.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAphrodite\u0026rsquo;s Girdle\u003c/em\u003e a \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; cr\u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;e par le Teresa Creative Union of Artist et les travailleuses du sexe (Vika Begalska, Alexander Vilkin, Marina Denisova, Taira Dance, Diana Portlend, Sergey Potapov, Karina \u0026#39;Katwoman\u0026#39; Dulina, Baretta)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":3075,"name":"Vika Begalska","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}