Presentation of the project :
Today, social distancing and confinement push us to question the border between the real and the virtual. And if we add fiction to this equation?
Persona is the story of an incarnation, of a character carried by a disembodied media: the story of a fictional character who "lives" and rages in social networks. It is the story of a hybrid creation. A woman created from scratch who blurs the occult boundaries between the fictional character, the virtual avatar and the actress behind her computer. She has a name, posts her memories, her jokes, writes texts, publishes photos, comments, loves, shares. She even evolves as she meets new people! It is a role-playing game, an incarnation game, where the audience participates in the story telling.
Can we simulate the existence? Can we create a story without a body or an envelope? And what remains afterwards of this character dropped on the canvas, of his story split, diluted, coded? Did you meet him on the internet? Would you be able to recognize him today through the different pieces assembled here? Are you ready to enter the game?
Presentation of the artist :
Trained as a psychologist and an accomplished photographer, her life takes a major turn in 2017 when she decides to make her dream come true: to make theater her profession. After training at the Tunisian National Theater actor's school, she joins the Young National Theater Company and participates, as an actress, in three productions: Kaligula by Fadhel Jaziri, Woyzeck by Osama Ghanam and "Le Nom du Père" by Marwa Manaï. She is currently participating in a theater performance directed and written by Marwa Manaï within the Act Now program at the International Cultural Center of Hammamet. Thanks to her field experience and her academic background in various fields, she is now developing a multidisciplinary artistic practice where visual and performing arts feed and meet.
Website : https://zeinebhenchiri.wixsite.com/persona
Social media link : https://www.facebook.com/zeinebhenchiriphotographe/
