Series
/pəˈfɔːm(ə)ns/:
a silent story told,
a statement, a performance.
To
lessen
misunderstandings
in
this sensitive subject,
let’s invoke the
book of words, for,
beyond words’ immediate
denotations,
they have connotative powers.
The
Process:
Performance
(Oxford
Dictionary
Online):
1.
‘An
act of presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment’;
performances
are
with physical movements but also with
spoken words, sounds, noise, this in stark contrast with the
contemplative silence of a
photograph.
Interesting
to visualise this tension.
Silenced:
In
general, we
women are educated,
we learn not to speak our minds
ODO
2.1
‘A task or operation seen in terms of how successfully it is
performed.’
But,
if
we do speak
our minds, it
is often classified as
ODO
1.2
‘A display of exaggerated behaviour or a process involving a great
deal of unnecessary time and effort; a fuss.’
Silenced
twice:
For
people with vaginas, orgasms commonly come from the clitoris.
Female
Genital Mutilation: the
most severe — infibulation — is the removal of the
clitoris and parts
of the external genitalia followed by stitching together of what
remains.
Words
are like pearls, rolling formed, developed
and
cultivated over
time,
treasured,
colourful, shiny, lustrous pearls of wisdom.
Pearls,
as
pure
and innocent
symbolising
the
clitoris, have
an imaginary value. The
value of a word,
of
a
clitoris.
is what we designate for
it.
Title:
/pəˈfɔːm(ə)ns/, which is the English pronunciation
of
the word 'performance' put
in writing,
is
as
intelligible
when silence(d).
ODO
2.4
‘An individual's use of a language, i.e. what a speaker actually
says, including hesitations, false starts, and errors. Often
contrasted with competence’
The
women
of this
series are, as
women around the world, silenced
twice.
Triptychs,
the centre
locked in between two worlds,
one
mirroring the other;
Series
/pəˈfɔːm(ə)ns/:
a silent story told,
a statement, a performance.
Jeddah,
Aljohara.
