Balls and Girls

Albania/Armenia/Cuba/Jordan/the Netherlands 2008 Single-channel video DV-pal, 4:3, colour, stereo, 5'20" Exhibitions and screenings: 2013 Female Power: Matriarchy, Spirituality, Utopia Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL Curated by Mirjam Westen 2011 The White Night of Video Art Devourers Studio Arte, Bucharest, RO Curated by Olivia Nitis and Patricia Teodorescu 2010 Salon Museum Het Domein, Sittard, NL Curated by Ad Himmelreich 2010 Erotomania, an International Display of Erotica, Candycoated Center, Philadelphia, US Curated by Candy Depew 2010 The Opening, CBKU Utrecht, NL Curated by Maurice Bogaert 2008 Perspectives, international feminist art exhibition, Anaid gallery in Bucharest, RO Curated by Olivia Nitis The video Balls and Girls is about courage. The video is constructed around the outcome of a medical project: research into the anatomy of the clitoris in an aroused state, using MRI scans. The fact that researchers make scans while women bring themselves to an orgasm in an MRI scan could be described as feminist in itself. The story of the trip inside the scan is compared with the travels of Su Tomesen over the last years. If "having balls" is synonymous for being a courageous person, she's one of them. The trip to Romania was made possible through the kind support of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Bucharest. A dvd has been released by the Leids Cytologisch en Pathalogisch Laboratorium. The design of the dvd was done by Ankie Stoutjesdijk.