The still frame is taken from their video performance, Mascara Cartridge Déjà War – protagonist a woman surprised by a war, therefore busy with the bare surviving but collaterally theorizing a female surviving manual embracing gimmicks others than arms or a joy division. In the shortage of making up alternative methods, she eventually comes up with contriving a blank cartridge belt made from mascara sticks as a memento for not using stupid capitalistic cliché and set phrases like “make-up weapons” in time of peace. In assembling it, she is nostalgic about a time when she had time to wear the mascara enjoying that lightsome gesture.
“The world is an enduring war theatre
of This Is a Mens’s World a spectre.
When cast into such a set a woman
sees in everything a bad omen,
everywhere watchmen, flagmen, badmen, bowmen,
and she doesn’t lack acumen,
says everyday amen,
offers cyclamen for the dead of that regimen.”
Artoldo, a moving images arts duo creating documentaries, multimedia projects and experimental arthouse movies, featuring Sara Ferro and Chris Weil with focus on video poetry, essay film and fine art prints from their works as well as VR and net art 5.0 installations.
