FEMINISM OR EXHIBITIONISM

NOTE OF NIC GREEN'S TRILOGY

Trilogy is a transformative and radical three-part show, as a celebration of the female form, it discussed about the Feminism and women's liberation, especially in this modern and complicated times. These three parts could be classified as one part of anarchic celebration, one part of educational presentation based on the 1971 New York Town Bloody Hall debate, and one part of reaction sound delivery from women who come from all walks of life.

Feminism and anarchism were never a common subject in my experience. However, I felt quite happy to be a member of audience watching this adventure event and I was really being touched by those fifty naked female volunteer at that night. They are in different colours, different ages, they are either too big or too small, they danced haltingly and unskillfully. Most of them are not perfect enough, but the energy and confidence from their body was really attractive and gave the audience joy, hope, passion and movement.


In project
At this moment, I am seeking a possible way to let the participate audience show their privacy to public. Now it developed into two main plan: in general, one is being conscious and willing, and another one is being passive or forced.
Trilogy used the former one very well, it presented with playfulness and made the audience be pleased to display their privacy successfully. The show finished with lots of brave naked female audience and a vibrant paean to womankind, long-time clapping.


In research
According the feminism topic, body is a main part in this show, to be precise, the naked female body. At the same time, the breasts, legs, abdomens and genitals, as the important selling point in this performance, are the symbol of privacy in someway. From this standpoint, my statement can come into existence - audience are the voyeurists.

In the light of that the common understanding of voyeurism is a habit of peeping someone's body in immoral way, hence this show become a good reference for my personal project - voyeurism, that made me divert my attention into a more deep step, and made me think about these questions: Why always male peep female's body, in the description of this term? Why men always focus on body rather than spiritual things? Is feminism one of the indirect results of voyeurism? Is modern action art a kind of narcissus expression in front of voyeur? If yes, should it be prevented or promoted? And what social issues will be result in?
All of the Guardian, Metro, List and Herald gave this show five stars in strongly recommend. According these web site, I can say everything like that showing naked body is popular and enjoyable, at least in this city. Can I say these artists are exhibitionist in some certain aspect? Streaking and peeping are unmoral and condemned, nevertheless putting this onto stage and calling it with a title of art, then streaking is no longer streaking, and peeping is no longer peeping. Media call it vanward modern art, so general people can enjoy it to satisfy our potential voyeur hobby aboveboard.
In addition, this sort of show in bare skin ( not refer in particular to Trilogy) is the disclosing of feminism or flubdub exhibitionism, in deed? I would like to answer: both.

Wikipedia describe the term of feminism like this:
"...It can be used to describe a political, cultural or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. Feminism involves political, cultural and sociological theories, as well as philosophies concerned with issues of gender difference. It is also a movement that advocates gender equality for women and campaigns for women's rights and interests... Feminist activists have campaigned for women's legal rights (rights of contract, property rights, voting rights); for women's right to bodily integrity and autonomy, for abortion rights, and for reproductive rights (including access to contraception and quality prenatal care); for protection of women and girls from domestic violence, sexual harassment and rape;for workplace rights, including maternity leave and equal pay; against misogyny; and against other forms of gender-specific discrimination against women..."

As can be seen above, feminism is not only the movement for physical aggression, but also the psychic fighting in authority , rights and status. So I can conclude that nudity is one of the methods ( radical method) of feminism. However, voyeurism is just one of the fighting targets in feminism movement. In short, male voyeurists like peeping women's body, then women though displaying their body to voyeurists to say no to unequal things. That is the strategy which we call it play hard-to-get i.e. pleased it first so as to beat it ( a strategy in The Art of War).



See reviews of Trilogy here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aLkBZS8nuk