Einat Amir uses a well-known Israeli song in order to create a complex discussion of femininity. The “optimistic words” describe the functional dance appropriate for women of different age groups, within their given reproductive role. The words turn into a seduction song of one woman to another, a harsh monologue, a melodramatic and complex drag, that crosses butch toughness with emotional fragility.
The work is also found on the compilation "The Zionist Ventriloquist - A Compilation of Video Hits curated by Roee Rosen. The Zionist Ventriloquist brings together Israeli video works based on pop, rock and other musical tunes. All of the featured works employ practices of doubledvoices, such as drag, karaoke, puppet mastering, mash-up and dubbing. These are performances that relish the pleasures of singing and dancing, even as they bind them with parody and deception, self-contradiction and simulation. This collection, then, is both a compilation of artworks, a lopsided sequence of music clips, and an ongoing reflection on the voice as a hybrid.
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