“Tova Beck-Friedman’s stunning short film incorporated the real and surreal…” (R)Evolution!
“But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.” Genesis 19:26 — While the Genesis’ verse leaves us wanting, the video-poem takes it upon itself, to give a voice to the nameless woman.
she has no name
she is his wife —
Lot’s wife
she follows him
it’s expected
as they climb from the valley
she turns
to take another look at the life she
left behind
– it’s not allowed
it’s not allowed to look
is she curious?
does she miss the home she left behind?
a woman is not allowed
a woman cannot disobey
not in the mirror she stares
not even into her own soul
– it’s not allowed
erect she stands
into a pillar she turns
a curvy statue of salt mountains
head turned to the sea below
elegant curves whisper
sounds of eternity
Writer, director, editor: Tova Beck-Friedman
Narrator: Natalie Rogers
Dancers: Dana Brewer-Plazinic; Natalie Croix; Lesley Kernan; LaDazha Moll
Sound: freesound.org
Screening:
- CologneOFF 2011 – Mysterious Entanglements, Manila, September 2022
- Across Divides: Borders and Boundaries in Contemporary Art, Defner Museum, New York, NY
- Ionian International Digital Film Festival, Lefkas, Greece, September 2012
- International Motion Festival Cyprus, March 2012
- The Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 7th, 2012
- CologneOFF @ Generation Loss Festival Manil, Philippine, March 2012
- The 7th annual Carnival of e-Creativity (CeC 2012), India
- NewFilmmakers, Anthology Film Archive, New York, NY, December 2011
- CologneOFF @ Waterpieces Contemporary Art & Videoart Festival Riga/Latvia, September 2011
- Collectif Artistes Plasticiens TGD9 art festival, Geneva, september 2011
- CologneOFF VII, Cologne International Video Art Festival, September 2011
- Women and Mythology, East Coast Symposium,Philadelphia, March 2011
