MUSE Memoriam This is a video memoriam of MUSE, a larger multidisciplinary solo performance existing as a string of vignettes / a visual essay / a living museum of the images of woman as muse, both her fetishizations and truth. What started as an attempt at finding a muse myself, turned into an examination of how we accept, exploit, romanticize, and consume the woman muse. MUSE is the manifestation of questioning, researching, constructing, and embodying archetypes of the muse spiraling into her eventual hysteria and self realization.

MUSE was performed at Links Hall in Chicago, IL in 2018. It was a personal experiment in building community with my favorite artists and dearest friends.

Movement Artist/Performance by Kristen Bernier
Videography by Samuel Kohlhaas
Video Editing by Ellen Maynard
Music by Sophie Alieninova AKA Godtease
Link to full work