Simona Koutná

In this work I delve into the tensions between what are typically referred to as male and female experiences, or ‘worlds’. I conducted site-specific research across many places associated with these two seemingly divergent experiences. One of which was Paris, a place of encounter (rendezvous) with Aurélie, a young female artist, where I was also confronted with images of manufactured female beauty, and automotive industry sites. In the film, the viewer is led through these ‘worlds’, and presented with a digital artificial hyperfeminine body ‘working out’ – a translation of the disembodied portrayals of female bodies I encountered.