⟨common.places 2⟩

At the park, in a bar, in the subway, or in virtual space: in ⟨common.places 2⟩ twenty-nine protagonists talk about verbal as well as physical attacks they experienced in common places. Their performances recall the “Take Back the Night” actions, which blazed in the 1970s at American universities. As already in her earlier work #1:⟨common.places⟩ (1999), in this sequence of reports of harassment, Fiona Rukschcio does more than illustrate how diverse types of sexualized violence take place at all times and everywhere. The documentary work is, at the same time, a cinematic encouragement to resolutely advocate for one another...