maryjane

MARY JANE

PHOTOS: NINA PERNAT

Liza Šimenc and Tatiana Kocmur

– MARY JANE

A performance as a living sculpture – that gradually disintegrates. Over-saturated costumes emphasize the body – surrounded by all social norms of ideal appearance – the objectification of the body codified as a source of pleasure – in the way of voyeurism, fetishism, idealization and identification.

Mary Jane

Represents the coexistence of two bodies.

Interweaves colorful objects into an abstract mass.

Depicts a distorted image of imposed ideals.

Addresses issues related to the social perception of the female body.

Promotes the uniqueness of an individual’s appearance.

Reflects the sincere wearing of the beauty of an authentic body.

Costumes
Ivana Kocmur, Martina Kocmur, Liza Šimenc, Tatiana Kocmur

Sound
Marko Bojičić, Red Button - Multimedia Experimental Laboratory, Liza Šimenc, Tatiana Kocmur

Photography
Boštjan Leskovšek, Tomaž Črnej, Ivana Kocmur, Maj Valerij

Special Thanks
We express our gratitude for the assistance and unwavering support of the Kocmur family, Ivana Kocmur, Martina Kocmur, Marko Bojičić, Borut Špeglič, Tomaž Črnej, Maj Valerij, Matias Zemljič, and Maja Hodošček.

PRODUCTION
Račka Gallery, CSU

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Račka Gallery, CSU

EXHIBITIONS

Mary Jane, Cirkulacija 2

Spider Festival 2020, Tivoli Park

Awakening, MKC Gallery

Policies of Resistance – Festival Račka 2019, Račka Gallery

Glitter, puffy breasts, gilding, black leather, lined skin, intense colors, eye-catching exudes of a saturated mass of progressive deformation of ideality. When the boundaries of anthropological are blurred and it seems that there is only an artifact left, only some stretch marks appear from the collage. A fairy-tale creature or creature of social expectations? From the deep inside you can hear a beat that reaches its climax at repeated intervals. Out of the virgin sticky foam exhale endlessly cute, warmly furry, charming, seductive, hot Mary Jane.