菜单
Performance Art
This is a performance art video about menarche.
Sex education is often lacking in Chinese family education, which means that most girls have little or no knowledge about it. When they do experience menarche, they often feel confused, scared, and overwhelmed. Menstruation has become an embarrassing topic avoided in discussions.
Based on this situation, I created a large sanitary pad that I wear for public performances.
From the 22nd to the 26th person, symbolizing the menstrual period, the liquid in their water pistols corresponds to the different colors of blood on different days of the menstrual cycle, from light to dark. In the video, on the 22nd day when I experience menarche, I express anxiety, confusion, and menstrual pain. I then change into clean clothes, continue to the first day of the next cycle (the second circle), and eventually return to the 22nd day, where I put on a sanitary pad again.”
Through these two experiences, I gain an understanding. “I know it now”. Finally, I return the blood-soaked pad to its original position and walk out of the circle. This circle represents not only the menstrual cycle but also the cage of social prejudice and lack of sex education. We have to break out of it.
