u19–create your world Exhibition

Reinigung

Barbara Nina Rettig

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Young Professionals 14–19 Honorary Mention

A young woman with neurotic traits enters a room in order to clean herself, does this, in the process works herself up to the point of ecstasy, is dirtier afterwards than before, but nonetheless satisfied.

From the ritualistic cleansing to cathartic ecstasy to pleasurable obsession, this experimental film offers room for many aesthetic images. A broad space for interpretation is created that also welcomes every form of social criticism. What exactly the viewers put into this film should be left up to them and should reflect their personal experiences and perceptions.

This project is an attempt to produce a transgression of boundaries through performance art and offer criticism of prevailing structures and patterns. This film aims at triggering deep emotions among the audience. The creation of the film itself was characterized by an exploratory and experimental approach, and during the filming I encountered my own boundaries through the performance, transcended them, and thus also extended them.

Biography

Barbara Nina Rettig (*2003) has been an enthusiastic dancer since she was four. From 2017 to 2022 she attended HBLA für künstlerische Gestaltung in Linz. In these five years, an enormous passion emerged for every kind of visual and performing art. She practices everything from painting, photography, and cinematography to poetry slams, acting, and dance theater. In order to give expression to her many emotions, she wishes she could do everything at once.

Credits

Performance: Barbara Nina Rettig
Sound: Jakob Schauer
Camera: Jasmin Pemmer, Vanessa Petrusic, Anna-Sophie Kapshammer, Jonas Hörbst, Sophia Speigner, Leonie Sattlegger