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i am not here [Visual Description]

Short description:
This video trailer is an extract from i am not here by The Lost Post Initiative (India) as part of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021

 

[Video Starts]

 

Meditative music featuring piano and atmospheric soundscapes begins playing.

 

A woman in a black sports bra and shorts is in a boxing ring. She moves from a squatting position, to a backbend, to a sitting position. A woman in a grey tank top sits in a corner watching her.

 

White text appears in left bottom corner of screen with text that reads:

“i am not here”

“an 8-step guide in how to censor women’s writing”

“The Lost Post Initiative (India)”

 

Two women roll backwards from a side by side sitting position and kneel facing each other. The woman on the left is holding a frying pan.

 

A woman facing the camera is dressed in a black and red kurta. She has an exaggerated grimace on her face as she moves her hands in a mudra (Indian dance gesture) with each thumb touching the first finger, with the other fingers splayed.

 

White text appears in left bottom corner of screen with text that reads:

“i am not here”

“20 – 26 January 2021”

“via Video on Demand”

 

The other woman is dressed in a grey tank top and black yoga pants. Her back is mostly to the camera and she faces the audience, smiling.

 

The voice of a woman singing along open-throated begins accompanying the music/

 

The woman in a black sports bra and shorts is going through a series of dance movements slowly. There is a human-sized squiggle in white chalk on the black boxing ring floor. The woman in a grey tank top sits in a corner watching her.

 

The two women are laying on the floor. The woman on the right spoons the other woman. The woman on the left lifts her right hand straight up, and places it back on the other woman’s buttocks.

 

The woman in a black sports bra and shorts is standing in the corner of the boxing ring, and goes through a slow series of arm-flexing motions. The woman in a grey tank top sits in a corner watching her.

 

The sound of the singing woman fades out as the piano music continues.

 

White papers are scattered all over the boxing ring floor. The two women put some papers back in a grid pattern.

 

The woman in a black sports bra and shorts is standing in the corner of the boxing ring, and goes through a slow series of arm flexing motions. The woman in a grey tank top sits in a corner watching her.

 

White text appears in right bottom corner of screen with text that reads:

“Supported by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore”.

 

The sound of the woman singing earlier fades in slowly and quivers as she sings.

 

The two women strut towards each other in the boxing ring, hands on their hips.

 

The woman on the right in the grey tank top and black yoga pants drapes a black jacket over the head and shoulders of the woman on the left, then pushes her backwards.

 

The woman on the right brings her arms quickly and forcefully above her head while the woman on the left looks on.

 

The sound of the singing woman fades out.

 

Fades to a large colourful logo on a black background. It reads:

“M1 Singapore Fringe Festival”

“Quiet Riot!”

“Singaporefringe.com”

 

Fades to:

A woman facing the camera is dressed in a black and red kurta. She has her palms pressed together, arms raised above her head. Image fades out as white text fades in that reads:

“Book your tickets at SISTIC now.

www.sistic.com.sg”

 

[Video ends]