Eva Feng
4. Misuko
Misuko is a movement, set design, and costume design piece created in collaboration with the director Cosmo Kong. It is inspired by feminism and anti-colonialism.
In the introduction of the Second Sex, De Beauvoir wrote “He is the Subject; he is the Absolut. she is the Other”. Woman is defined in relation to man. The four stages of the ego in this short film depicts 1) The Innocent Girl – a child grappling with feelings of inadequacy, sensing she is inherently "defective." 2) The Realization – awakening to the constraints and discipline imposed by a patriarchal society. 3) The Investigator – questioning and analyzing the structures of power that uphold these systems. And 4) the Enlightened Consoler – a figure who, having reached understanding, seeks to guide and illuminate others.
Misuko is a piece about women and people in oppression who are being defined-in-relation to. The cathartic, primitive, and erotic movements is the violence of the oppressed. Only in the such movement, the aggression from being oppressed can be calmed down.