CORPS CANAPÉ
by morgane frund
I don’t really like to think about my body, let alone be creative with it. I hardly ever dance or perform ‘physically’. I tend to rely a lot more on words and voice to express myself. Because of that, I decided to approach the theme from a slightly different angle.
I look at my screens mostly from a sofa that doesn’t belong to me. This made me question how sofas can relate to our affective (and financial) situation. The sofa might be yours; it might belong to a partner or a friend. It might be your workplace; it might be your bed. I started doing random research like ‘what does your sofa say about you’ and romantic imagery started to appear. I found out that a sofa company had released a study about how couples sit on sofas. But the conclusions were very vague and did not really answer my questions about the emotional and material relationships at play.
I decided to frame my questions in a fictional exchange between two characters in some sort of a long-distance connection. I imagine them texting each other from spaces they can’t fully occupy. But little by little, they manage to re-inhabit their screen, and ultimately their bodies.
Author
morgane frund studied film studies, English and German at UNIL (University of Lausanne) and video at HSLU (Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst). Their graduation film Bear (2022) screened in numerous festivals and won several prizes. Their second short Out of the Blue premiered at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2023 and was selected as a candidate for the European Film Award at Go Short 2024. Active in the fields of documentary film, video essays, and performance art.