The Young-Girl, as presented by Tiqqun in Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl is a controversial work of anti-capitalist philosophy that has attracted musicians, playwrights, feminists, theorists and activists. It was first published in France in 1999. More than twenty-five years after its publication, it shows no signs of weakening.
The Young-Girl is the total product of consumer society and a model citizen. Filled with the language of French women's magazines, rooted in the figure of Albertine of Proust (1925) and the amusing misery of (teenage) romance in Vittold Gombrowitz's Ferdinand Durke (1935), and informed by the concept of 'living currency' (1970) and Pierre Klossofsky's Libyan economy, diagnoses and makes visible a phenomenon that is so ubiquitous.
In this installation, the notion of friendliness is an essential issue in the communication with the artwork. The audience assumes an active role since, in part, it influences its final form; people define the work that they themselves will experience. The initial look of the work is a dress on a sewing doll, this dress has the ability to measure "How Young-Girl Are You?"
if you're a little, it turns blue.
If you're a lot, it turns pink and blue.
And if you're too much, it turns pink.
People are invited to enter room A blue or room B pink to watch the videos.
Pink Room (The Most Young-Girl)
Do you know how dinosaurs had sex? Did you know that pigs are sexually mature when their testicles reach 50 grams in weight? Anthi Lexar is famous Tik-Toker , she creates videos about how animals have sex. When she involuntarily uploads her intimate moments online she recognizes that humans have the most animalistic behaviors. This is a 3-channel video projection.
Blue Room (The Littlest Young-Girl)
Xrisi Xrysa is a YouTuber whose videos usually reach 150,000 views. Their content mostly humorous, today after a long time, she uploaded a different themed video: "How to get over your ex" At first the advice she gives us makes her seem completely obnoxious but then she wins us over with her last valuable advice. Within 9 minutes it reached 224,000 views, Chrysa is happy and the reason is not the success of her video. It is a 4-channel video projection.
Limit of 2 people in the room.
Written/directed : Pari Antoniou
Cast : Xrysa Moraiti, Fay Vevi, Andreas Labropoulos, Xristos Karipis,Yorgos Mertzianis
Pari Antoniou was born in 1982 in Athens. She studied Morphology and Restoration Engineering at the University of Patras (2004), Film Directing at the Stavrakos School (2017), and completed the postgraduate program on “Digital Art Forms” with a scholarship from the Athens School of Fine Arts (2022). Her short film "Vous" (2017) traveled to 48 festivals, both in Greece and abroad, and received 23 awards in various categories. In 2020, she completed her first documentary titled "Here is Being Itself," which premiered at the 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and has been featured in other festivals. Most of her films are autobiographical and are inspired by her desire to communicate her emotions. She enjoys creating films that are more than just a simple story, allowing the viewer to connect with them.
