Status : Verified
| Personal Name | Ferrer, Daphnee Gail S. |
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| Resource Title | A tender awakening |
| Date Issued | 05 June 2025 |
| Abstract | a tender awakening is an experimental short film depicting the lived experiences of Filipina PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) warriors and their struggle with their body image. In an 11-minute video installation art that intimately presents the scanned bodies of PCOS warriors on a loop, the film talks about how the issues of women’s health, women’s bodies, and women’s liberation intersect with one another. PCOS has no cure. It has been five years since I was diagnosed, and I have not felt free since. However, what disheartened me most wasn’t just the illness, but the absence of art that could represent and comfort me. a tender awakening bears witness to that absence. This experimental film and video installation is about the raging war of women against a society that disdains them for existing, whether they are healthy or not. Through art scanning and video installation that thoroughly captures a woman’s body, this experimental short intimately represents the agony of women chronically suffering with the utmost care and sensibility. Inside its exhibit, this film is paired with a sculpture, a zine, and an artist’s book. Through clay, sculpture, paper, text, images, and sound, I convey my search for the representation of PCOS and the female body. These visual works made me realize that PCOS is an illness that should not be suffered in isolation, but rather collectively, and is therefore not meant to be faced and carried alone. There may not be a cure for PCOS, but there must be art. |
| Degree Course | Bachelor of Arts in Film |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | PCOS warriors; Video Installation; Film Exhibit; Women's Liberation; Women's Bodies; Women's Health; Body Image Issues; Women's Cinema; Female Bodies; Polycystic ovary syndrome; PCOS |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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Access Permission : Open Access